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Would you rather your wife walk in a park during the day or night? The OP is drawing some pretty common sense conclusions, they are essential turning busy stre

• amusedcyclist 4y ago
  He asked for proof not for cliches
• SECProto 4y ago
  > Would you rather your wife walk in a park during the day or night? Would you rather walk on a highway shoulder or a residential street? Ears on the street is what matters, not cars on the road.
• lmm 4y ago
  Much of the point of the idea is that you can fit more humans in the same street space by not having each one drag their own living room around with them. And a pedestrian is in a much better position to notice (or indeed intervene in) a crime than a driver is.
• crote 4y ago
  No, they are replacing cars (who solely look at the road ahead of them) with pedestrians (who are actually using the space and looking around). In fact, there will be more people on the streets. The lack of cars makes it possible to use the spare space for playgrounds, skate parks, outdoor restaurant seating, additional shops, et cetera. And the streets don't suddenly narrow: they are still 70 feet wide, they don't magically turn into tiny alleyways the second you remove car traffic. I can tell you from experience that many well-designed parks are even very busy after nightfall. No reason to feel afraid when there are literally a hundred people within eyesight.