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It is a perfect example of an over-engineering and a hostile design. Looks impressive on a mock up and from the air. But a terrible solution for pedestrians.
by moltar 6y ago
It is a perfect example of an over-engineering and a hostile design. Looks impressive on a mock up and from the air. But a terrible solution for pedestrians.
- yorwba 6y agoWhat's hostile about it? You can get to the other side without ever having to wait for the cars to stop and you don't even need to walk up the stairs because there's an escalator.
- roylez 6y agoI have been there several times and I hate it. Circular means more walking to get to the other side.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoMy, my! Such inconvenience!
- paledot 6y agoYou are fortunate to consider unnecessary walking an "inconvenience" rather than an impediment. My partner, while recovering from a spinal cord injury, would regularly come home from work raging about a closed sidewalk that had required her to cross the street or a bus that missed its stop, adding an extra 2 blocks of walking (or navigating a wheelchair over ice and slush) to her commute.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoHm. I didn't think of that. Sorry. I've just seen the escalators and thought of it as OK because of that.
- jesseb 6y agoYou can't cross through the round-about regardless, it wouldn't take longer than a sidewalk would.
- moltar 6y agoHostile because pedestrians needs to ascend and descend to navigate the intersection. People with mobility issues will need to use an escalator, or even an elevator (if there is one, and if it actually does work). And what happens when an escalator breaks? As a rule of thumb, any overpass or underpass is any or all of the following: - hostile design for pedestrians (majority) - money sink / expensive to build and maintain - architect's wet dream / resume building - only looks nice on paper / rendering, but in the real world, at 1:1 scale it is ugly and makes the city look ugly