piefed.nullspacethe heart wants what it wants
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Heart wants walkability and not get hit by cars
Especially to not get hit by cars.
speak for your own heart
Heart wants to not walk in curbside puddles, Iâll bet.
itâs a very calm dead-end street with maybe 8 houses and iirc speed is limited to 30km. You can walk in the middle of the street and you would still be safe.
There was even a hoop left in the street. If kids can play basketball there, i think you can walk safely. (i walked and cycled on the street. It was raining.)
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iâm on âfuck carsâ too. This photo isnât about cars.
Aww youâre getting downvotes but I am with you. Sorry bro. True desire path
Lmao the mouth-breathing rabid idiots from fuckcars are literally incapable of thinking. They just see asphalt and immediately start attacking anything in sight that moves.
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Uh, what?
I mean my message as a joke. The idea of âDesire Pathsâ is that you note how people work, frequently against ârulesâ, when they simply walk around on grass. Above I disagree with @merde@sh.itjust.worksâs point about the safety of this street, because in my mind, if the desire path is as on the picture, then there are good reasons for it to be this case. I then go on and suggest to embrace it and not consider the street so safe maybe.
Actually re-reading my message, I think Iâm wa-a-ay too aggressive and pushy. The OP just notes his opinion, and their message wasnât mandating that itâs the truth and the final truth. I guess I should be more chill
thereâs an âofficialâ mapped bike/walk path that joins the street 200m away. It passes through a park and a creek. From the traces what i assume is that after riding between trees and on a path, people donât want to get down to the street but just continue riding/walking on the grass (which no longer is grass).
I love desire paths but i really couldnât understand this one. Iâve seen more interesting ones in that area, i just need a break from the rain to have the courage to stop and take photos.
i thought iâve found a shortcut but the street curves away from my commute. I may go back on a sunny Sunday.
Looks like a rich suburb that can influence decision makers to privatise the circulation by having multiple dead-ends. If a car is there, theyâre either lost or they live there.
Iâd have to look at a map to be certain, but it sort of looks like the curve the desire path is cutting may be part of a larger traffic-calming measure you often find in residential areas to encourage mindful driving. Pedestrians donât need to be slowed down, and arenât bound to a roadway, so itâd stand to reason theyâd just take the shortest distance between two points.
Ah, good theory
Also to be able to jog on grass instead of hard pavement to help save my knees đ¤
But if you had to choose oneâŚ..
The heart wants a fucking sidewalk.
my heart wants a world without cars and asphalt roads, where thereâs no need for sidewalks, where every path is just a desire path and a chance to bloom.
who cares?
its like a haiku but better
The heart wants pavement eh?
there is one, on the residential side of the street, lining the houses, for those who need a pavement
Thatâs probably what the urban planner who didnât put a pavement where people are clearly walking would say ;)
this may help that urban planner: Itâs a sound barrier between houses to the right and a road thatâs limited to 50kmh. Photo is taken maybe a hundred meters from the previous photo
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Is the road part prone to flooding?
this was the only time i was there, i canât say
Pointless curve
It forces cars to slow down to navigate. A college I used to live by did the same thing.
Unless youâre my dad
Speed bumps exist
Speed bumps are to solve issues with existing design. Curved roads are good design to begin with and you wonât need speed bumps.
And theyâre more expensive than a slight curve.
@MBech @Nanook Not only that they're more expensive, but they can be done wrong and are often done wrong, to the point that regular use wears them down or simply moves them away (if it's not the people who move them away).
Then theyâre making speed bumps wrong or price gauging lol
Speed bumps are far from the best method of traffic calming. A gentle curve like this is a friendlier way of getting the same result
Curves, too.
Speed bumps are curves, too
Speed bumps slow me down far less than curves.
My car (small truck) is most comfortable going over bumps at 30mph⌠Not the 10 they expect you to slow to. At 10 you get bounced around, at 30 you get 2 separate bumps that are far less uncomfortable.
I call that really crappy design.
Curious what design the speed bumps are you refer to. Collecting the different designs and gonna find the optimal speed bump lol
Speed bumps are disproportionally less effective on vehicles with larger wheels, which is the trend for SUVs and trucks these days. So while a compact or sedan may slow down for the bump, your average pavement princess will respect the bumps as much as theyâll respect speed limits around schools. Which is to say, not at all.
Seems like the park side is larger for it. The other side looks to be yards/fences, no point in giving the resident there a little extra lawn.
Looks like itâs going around a lake?