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Maybe in rural environments, but they're quite important in urban environments
by TSiege 4y ago
Maybe in rural environments, but they're quite important in urban environments
- worthless-trash 4y agoDo people in the US just walk in the middle of the road ?
- jaggederest 4y agoThe critical question is, do people in the US just drive on the sidewalks? (It's impossible to walk on sidewalks in a city without crossing streets every block, and that's where car/pedestrian conflicts occur)
- michaelteter 4y ago> do people in the US just drive on the sidewalks? I think you must first ask, "What percentage of roads in the US have sidewalks?" It's nowhere close to 100%.
- worthless-trash 4y agoestimate for me, is it closer to 20, I really dont know.
- SamPatt 4y agoI live in a small village in the US, pop. ~1,000. I'd guess that less than half the streets within village limits have sidewalks. And of course outside the village it's miles and miles of fields and forests with none. Urban life is very different from rural.
- Xt-6 4y agoFor that they first would need to walk ...
- leviathant 4y agoI know some people think this is a silly question but the answer is, in my experience, yes. That's both in urban and exurban environments, in my experience.
- michaelteter 4y agoNot usually, but sometimes cars drive too close to the edge of the road, and the road has no sidewalk. And despite good advice (or simply due to a momentary circumstance), some people walk at night with dark clothing. You can turn a corner a hit a person very easily if they are in any half of your side of the street.
- __MatrixMan__ 4y agoDepends on the road. My neighborhood has no sidewalks. I prefer it. Prevents the cars from acting like they own the place.
- TSiege 4y agoStreet lights aren't just important for cars? Imagine being a woman walking around a city at night in the dark by yourself