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Enough walkways would also alleviate the elevator problem, by reducing the need for vertical travel.
by gpm 5y ago
Enough walkways would also alleviate the elevator problem, by reducing the need for vertical travel.
- mattlondon 5y agoThey tried that in the UK in the post-war era of building residential low-rises. Universally hated. People didn't want to only go where the walkways let them go. Turns out we're lazy (https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/oct/02/walkways-in-the-sky-the-return-of-londons-forgotten-pedways https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/oct/02/walkways-in-t...). They are making a slight comeback but as more of a leisure thing I think - somewhere nice/novel to go for a stroll on a sunny day, rather than when doing your morning power-walk from the tube/bus station to your office etc (e.g. New York high line type thing)