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It's not "rude," but it may be dangerous for the residents of that neighborhood. "Rude" would be using a private community's private road to avoid traffic. "Rud
by rmxt 11y ago
It's not "rude," but it may be dangerous for the residents of that neighborhood. "Rude" would be using a private community's private road to avoid traffic. "Rude" would be cutting through a gas station on a corner intersection to avoid waiting at a red light. If a road is a public road, built to a certain specification (design speed, width, height clearances), then it is wasteful to not use it to it's slated capacity. There might be miscommunication between the Engineering Bureau and Urban Planning Bureau as to the road's/neighborhood's purpose , but that's a policy issue, not an obligation for private citizens to uphold.
The answer here isn't to tell private citizens "don't go here", or for private developers to add carve-outs into their apps for these roads, but to put pressure on politicians and budgetmakers so that they build better transportation infrastructure for all people.
(Personally, I think that private communities in the USA are a ridiculous idea, and are vestiges of codified segregation and redlining practice. Just using it here as an example.)
- maxerickson 11y agoDriving around a red light like that can be a traffic violation (which goes beyond rude, in the sense that a cop won't write you a ticket for most things that get called rude). It's an interesting discussion where the frequent answer is to make the roads less functional for the residents (which is what redesigns that prevent through traffic do), because anything less and the road is being wasted.
- rmxt 11y agoI might not have given my thoughts full justice above: I think road functionality is a broad concept. I think that it should incorporate a wide array of interests, and not be a Robert Moses-esque, car focused philosophy. That being said, I think that things like neckdowns, pedestrian islands, re-striping and re-directioning of streets are "hard" measures that can be taken to improve functionality for cars, pedestrians (residents), and cyclists, all at the same time. Putting up "no thru traffic" signs is a token gesture, I would wager that these signs are only enforced in high income areas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_extension https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_extension