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Good luck to them. I hope it works. Even if it fails, maybe we can learn something from it. From my experience it's a bad idea because it's a slippery slope. O
by DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago
Good luck to them. I hope it works. Even if it fails, maybe we can learn something from it.
From my experience it's a bad idea because it's a slippery slope. Once they start restricting one thing, it opens doors to restricting the next thing. In my city, they closed down a downtown street from cars. But then they banned bicycles. And they shoo away skateboarders. In nearby grassy park/trail they paved a walkway. Then paved even more to segregate bicycles. Now the grassy area has the original road beside it, a walk way and a bike path... less and less grass.
In this neighborhood, they'll probably come up with some rules that you have to park your bike in designated areas. Or don't allow electric bikes... crazy stuff like that.
Queue up Casey Neistat's "bike lanes" video on youtube about stupid rules.
EDIT: in their website (https://culdesac.com/ https://culdesac.com/), why do they have a food truck parked in the open area?
- hoosieree 4y agoCity planners could just make narrower streets (like 1-way alley kind of narrow). No need to ban cars, instead design the streets so other modes of transport are more convenient. As a bonus the land you would have used for wider streets can be used for something better.