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Pedestrians are able to negotiate gradients more easily than cars, so this seems inefficient.
by Noumenon72 8y ago
Pedestrians are able to negotiate gradients more easily than cars, so this seems inefficient.
- mlinksva 8y agoThe inefficiency for cars is a feature. It means drivers will slow down and thus kill less. https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/1/25/speed-kills-so-why-do-we-keep-designing-for-it https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/1/25/speed-kills-so...
- duskwuff 8y agoSome pedestrians can manage a sloped curb at a crosswalk. Others may have a more difficult time of it. By contrast, all cars must be able to drive up and down a short slope. They must do so to enter most parking lots, for instance, so performing a similar maneuver at an intersection is no big deal.
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- andys627 8y agoSo many of our problems with regard to urbanism are rooted in making things efficient for cars over other users.