You are right, and there are also design speeds routinely imposed on new/“improved” U.S. roads that enable or even require (under govt safety standards) wide ro

You are right, and there are also design speeds routinely imposed on new/“improved” U.S. roads that enable or even require (under govt safety standards) wide roads, which just encourage faster driving and worsen the problem. Even here in nyc we have some roads like this. Thankfully they are a smaller proportion than in the rest of the country. But mainly that’s because of the age of the streets — we are lucky to have old ones not ruined by our engineers and government. https://www.strongtowns.org/slowthecars https://www.strongtowns.org/slowthecars https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/10/20/taking-pedestrian-safety-into-our-own-hands https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/10/20/taking-pedest...