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My town has some people obsessed with "walkability" and the want to take the ONLY alternative to I 80/94/6/US 41 down to one lane each way... People will die if
by mikewarot 1y ago
My town has some people obsessed with "walkability" and the want to take the ONLY alternative to I 80/94/6/US 41 down to one lane each way... People will die if they get there way, as ambulance and fire vehicles become mired in congestion.
Not to mention that the weather for walking is only present for about 20 days per year.
Walking everywhere isn't a practical for most people in the Calumet Region of Indiana.
There are reasonable sidewalks already present and crossing buttons on the lights where needed. I've actually used them on occasion.
I don't see the need to push walkability further at the cost of everyone who passes through the area on the interstate.
- 1234letshaveatw 1y agoThe "walkability" obsessed are becoming insufferable
- marssaxman 1y agoAfter you've had a taste of life in a walkable neighborhood, it is really hard to go back.
- 1234letshaveatw 1y agoIt's much harder to give up having a large piece of property
- marssaxman 1y agoWhat does the property do for you, I wonder, which makes it worth the maintenance? For me, moving to a townhouse was a genuine relief - no more yard work making unwelcome demands on my time! The old place was not a large property, though, just an ordinary suburban-style lot.
- 1234letshaveatw 1y agoI'm sure I'll feel that way when I am retired
- mikewarot 1y agoI live in a walkable neighborhood... I see people going past to use the trail at the end of the block all the time. There are plenty of food establishments within walking distance from me. The problem is there's one of THE major expressways through the US that goes around the southern end of Lake Michigan about 1 KM north of us, and our main street often, and unpredictably, is forced to handle most of that traffic. I maintain we're in a special case, for just 3 roads (Ridge, Calumet, and 45th) walkability should only be a secondary concern, not the primary one.
- hombre_fatal 1y agoCars cause congestion for emergency vehicles. A dedicated bus lane or a dedicated cycling lane on the other hand keep a lane free for emergency vehicles to drive in. I think pretty much anyone who is pro-walkability would hop onboard a car-free lane for emergency vehicles which is a strictly better solution than the status quo where ambulances compete with cars to get people where they need to go.
- zozbot234 1y agoCongestion is the result of having too many cars on the road. The only viable solution to having too many cars around is replacing some of the cars with alternative modes of transportation that are more scalable and less congestion-prone. It's not rocket surgery.
- mikewarot 1y agoHow are you going to replace all those vehicles going hundreds of miles that happened to get dumped through our town? I thought I was fairly explicit that this wasn't just a typical low traffic suburb. We routinely have backups that go for miles. It's been a feature of the area (the crossroads of the nation) since my dad was a kid in the 1950s. Fewer lanes is insane, but they want to do it anyway