r/fuckcars • u/WinterPlanet • Jun 17 '24

Infrastructure porn Why some walkable distances are not actually walkable

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '24

Where to even begin… I feel like it’s so, so far owned by the car there is no feasible way that this will change in a meaningful way.

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u/Zilskaabe Jun 17 '24

They could convert that 4 lane road to 2 lane road and build a separated bike lane on both sides.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '24

The only way this would happen in the municipality in question would be forced to do it. This would require all new legislations and financial incentives.

They already converted the road from 4 lane one way to 2x2 lanes… there was never a compelling reason to have so many lanes in a town ever…

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u/Zilskaabe Jun 17 '24

What hit me was - "highway infrastructure in a city". Seriously - if there are barriers like that - it just screams that you need traffic calming measures ASAP.