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Yep, good point. I am myself a huge fan of livable oriented infrastructure (bike lanes, pedestrian paths, public transportation) but the hard truth is that road
by Ef996 8mo ago
Yep, good point. I am myself a huge fan of livable oriented infrastructure (bike lanes, pedestrian paths, public transportation) but the hard truth is that roads were initially designed for carriages and later for cars. A though I recurrently have is how would a city designed from scratch by a civilization that uses only bikes and walking look like?
- vladms 8mo agoWhy should you use only bikes and walking? Cars/trucks have a role to play, it's just not the most efficient to move the majority of the people from one point to another. Simple examples: ambulances, firefighters, police, cranes.
- Ef996 8mo agoTrue. I mostly meant not personal vehicles, so jut buses, trams etc. I supposed emergency services will use those dedicated lanes. or maybe civilization is so advanced those will be served via flying only. Idk just since fiction thinking.
- phatskat 8mo agoRoads as in? I recall hearing once (with no current source nor desire to research) that most city streets were originally at least _used_ with pedestrians in mind. Whether they were created for carriages or not, the advent of the automobile really messed up a lot of how people primarily used streets