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• beatpanda 12y ago
  I think Curbed is being really hard on the narrow streets proposal. City streets in America, and especially in bike-friendly places like the Bay Area, are absurdly wide. We would have much more livable cities without them.
  • raldi 12y ago
    I couldn't agree more. The most magical neighborhoods I've ever seen have had narrow streets that cater to pedestrians first and cars, like, fourth. http://www.venere.com/blog/images/positano-streets-amalfi-coast.jpg http://www.venere.com/blog/images/positano-streets-amalfi-co... http://www.china-tour.cn/images/Lijiang/Lijiang-Nightlife.jpg http://www.china-tour.cn/images/Lijiang/Lijiang-Nightlife.jp... https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5159/5889050432_4f8d86e07f_b.jpg https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5159/5889050432_4f8d86e07f_b.j...
    • remarkEon 12y ago
      Those places all look to have been built way before the automobile was a thing. And while I agree with narrow streets, because they're safer and more aesthetically pleasing etc, you can't ignore that transforming to that design will be a little disruptive in the near term. My point is that some of the great and beautiful narrow cobble stone streets in, say, Boston or Philly, to use US examples, weren't built to handle heavy street traffic. Transforming high volume automobile streets to the walkable ideal is inevitably going to cause some headaches.
      • beatpanda 12y ago
        The automobile is rapidly becoming less and less of "a thing", especially in the Bay Area, and cities should get out in front of it.
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