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Well yeah, you don't cross highways. Most streets are not 8-11 lanes wide, particularly in places where anyone would ever be walking along them. Places where pe
by megaman22 8y ago
Well yeah, you don't cross highways. Most streets are not 8-11 lanes wide, particularly in places where anyone would ever be walking along them. Places where pedestrians are common are in-town, low-speed (25-30 mph posted) streets.
- bobthepanda 8y agoThe problem is we design our environments to be fundamentally hostile to walking between suburban neighborhoods, so only those who are desperate enough will walk. Usually this means the suburban poor, because cars can be prohibitively expensive. This usually results in scenarios that beggar disbelief, like this one: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/raquel-nelson-jail-for-jaywalking_b_905925.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/raquel-nelson-ja...