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[-] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 21 points 11 months ago

Yup. Crosswalks and pedestrian bridges may not seem like it, but they are actually car infrastructure. They are designed to allow cars to be as unimpeded as possible.

Real pedestrian infrastructure looks like streets that make drivers uncomfortable to be driving on. Cars and people should not be mixing.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago

Quiet, peasant! This is a car-centric society! Not driving is a choice to not be a real person!

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[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

It's worse our cities are so sprawled out its pathetic. Everyone always says look at Europe sure but look at their cities smaller area wise but with more people.

[-] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

That's because their zoning laws are different.

They allow building walkable neighborhoods with mixed-use buildings that have retail businesses on the ground floor and residential units on the 3-5 floors above. Their daily errands can easily be done by foot, so there is less traffic.

You can't achieve that in a car-dependent suburb where you need to drive to get to the nearest grocery store, school or cafe.

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