1 Mar
2022
1 Mar
'22
5:10 p.m.
why aim for
that solution? it's a big step in the right direction, and
having a bus go through gives the same access to the place to people who are
too old or immobile to get there by biking or whatever means us young
healthy folks have.
as for ambulances and fire trucks driving on non-roads...there will
invariably be obstacles on those paths making passage impossible, that's
something that we don't have to think about since we don't do those kinds of
emergency jobs.
You realize I come from a country that's sorta known for being good at
bike/pedestrian friendly infrastructure design? and I'm telling you I've
never seen this sort of thing. There are other ways of dealing with access,
such as having the bus intersect the pedestrian only area every couple of
blocks. The bus doesn't stop on every block normally anyway. Obviously
impeding emergency traffic by putting obstacles in their paths should still
be illegal. I don't see why that would be different for a pedestrian area.
If you ever visit my home town we can walk down the main street which is
implemented exactly like this. I'm also not sure why bikes should be
allowed. Again they can just go one street over.
Talk to Sierk if you want more info on how to do good pedestrian-friendly
street design. He has actually studied this stuff in depth. He'll also tell
you all about why the telegraph bike lane situation near Omni is flawed.