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I was in Damascus around 6 years ago, and I noticed that most major downtown intersection are basically "shared" roads for cars and pedestrians alike. In my hea
by hasenj 12y ago
I was in Damascus around 6 years ago, and I noticed that most major downtown intersection are basically "shared" roads for cars and pedestrians alike. In my head, I was making a joke about how North Americans should learn "co-existence" from these streets where everyone has equal rights to access the street.
I have no stats about accident rates, but it seemed that somehow everyone manages to make it "work out".
I don't think this was due to any vision about how to make roads safe ... it was just ad-hoc city planning.
- a8da6b0c91d 12y agoIt was only a very deliberate and expensive efforts that created car supremacy in America. Drivers who killed walkers were at first tried as murderers, as makes perfect sense. Of course people should be free to walk over public thoroughfares. Only well funded measures created the legal idea that a driver is not in all circumstances responsible for injuries and deaths.
- eru 12y agoShouldn't that be manslaughter? Anyway, I agree with your point. And those does the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/opinion/sunday/is-it-ok-to-kill-cyclists.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/opinion/sunday/is-it-ok-to...
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