Creating narrower streets actually slows traffic and reduces traffic. Good for everyone including motor vehicles users. Induced demand is a proven result of wider streets especially now with map apps. I support any infrastructure that takes space back from cars. Great project
What this looks like to me is putting in a bike path and then making it completely unusable by encouraging people to walk/wheelchair on it. Then the public feedback will be the walkers and wheelchair users complaining about the bikers going too fast, and the bikers using the street anyway because of the speed differential. This seems like a very odd idea.
I had a similar thought process at first. My guess is that when permanent trails move forward, there may be more demarcation when it comes to which users each trail is designed for. This temporary trail for multiple users strikes me as more of a symbolic exercise in opening up a space to people that are usually forbidden from using it. That's what caught my attention: the thrill of temporarily getting to take up that space, whether you're walking or rolling.
Creating narrower streets actually slows traffic and reduces traffic. Good for everyone including motor vehicles users. Induced demand is a proven result of wider streets especially now with map apps. I support any infrastructure that takes space back from cars. Great project
What this looks like to me is putting in a bike path and then making it completely unusable by encouraging people to walk/wheelchair on it. Then the public feedback will be the walkers and wheelchair users complaining about the bikers going too fast, and the bikers using the street anyway because of the speed differential. This seems like a very odd idea.
I had a similar thought process at first. My guess is that when permanent trails move forward, there may be more demarcation when it comes to which users each trail is designed for. This temporary trail for multiple users strikes me as more of a symbolic exercise in opening up a space to people that are usually forbidden from using it. That's what caught my attention: the thrill of temporarily getting to take up that space, whether you're walking or rolling.
Yeah, I didn't really think that would have escaped your notice, you're just more of an optimist than I.