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Jaywalking is a bizarre example. The criminalization of normal human movement through automotive lobbies and a derogatory slur is hardly a thing we should aspir
by tbihl 5y ago
Jaywalking is a bizarre example. The criminalization of normal human movement through automotive lobbies and a derogatory slur is hardly a thing we should aspire to.
A more worthwhile thing to discuss is the prevalence of people ducking their heads or rushing across streets when cars approach, with a level of embarrassment that would better accompany being caught defecating in the street (well, maybe not in SF.) Our culture has so utterly failed around mobility that people are ashamed to be caught walking.
- jimmaswell 5y agoThere's nothing unreasonable in the concept that people should stay out of high traffic roads where it's not safe.
- danielheath 5y agoTheir disagreement is presumably with the assumption that "high traffic roads where it's not safe" are a net good that should have been created.
- tbihl 5y agoIf you have high-traffic, high-speed roads where people are crossing by foot, your design has failed. The two places where you encounter unwanted crossings in volume in the US are 1. Streets (for commerce, not travel) that were built too wide, either to accommodate too much vehicle traffic or to accommodate a despotic authority that forces wide streets(probably your local fire department or your state DOT); or 2. Stroads that do nothing well, at great expense. If it has a 45mph speed limit and stop lights, it's probably this.
- nkrisc 5y agoIf it's that unsafe it should not be possible for a pedestrian to step out of a shop and into that road. Or the road should be modified until it is safe: speed limit reduced, priority given to pedestrians, or perhaps the road closed to vehicular traffic entirely. What's absurd is that roads where people live and shop and walk are allowed to be unsafe for people walking.