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The heart wants a fucking sidewalk.
my heart wants a world without cars and asphalt roads, where there’s 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
That’s probably what the urban planner who didn’t put a pavement where people are clearly walking would say ;)
this may help that urban planner: It’s a sound barrier between houses to the right and a road that’s limited to 50kmh. Photo is taken maybe a hundred meters from the previous photo
Pointless curve
It forces cars to slow down to navigate. A college I used to live by did the same thing.
Unless you’re my dad
Speed bumps exist
Speed bumps are to solve issues with existing design. Curved roads are good design to begin with and you won’t need speed bumps.
And they’re more expensive than a slight curve.
Then they’re 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
Anecdote: a street near my house in high school had speed bumps next to the park. Occasionally people would be woken up at 3am to a dunk Douchebag shredding down the road at 50 and launching himself off the speed bumps and smashing into stretside cars.
Eventually they had the bright idea (after a few years in a row of snowplows damaging their blades and the road needing repairs) to make a gentle S-curve instead. Now you don’t feel like you can go 10mph over the limit, the road only needs minor repairs every 5 yearsnor so, and to my knowledge nobody has launched themselves into stationary vehicles in many years.
While I appreciate the well thought out comment, I can’t help but note that they should’ve used the Transporter Room since you were around!
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 they’ll respect speed limits around schools. Which is to say, not at all.
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
Looks like it’s going around a lake?
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Is the road part prone to flooding?
this was the only time i was there, i can’t say
Heart wants walkability and not get hit by cars
But if you had to choose one……
Ah, good theory
Also to be able to jog on grass instead of hard pavement to help save my knees 🤕
Especially to not get hit by cars.
speak for your own heart
Heart wants to not walk in curbside puddles, I’ll bet.
it’s 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.)
edit: i’m on “fuck cars” too. This photo isn’t about cars.
Aww you’re 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 “Desire Paths” is that you note how people work, frequently against “rules”, when they simply walk around on grass. Above I disagree with @merde@sh.itjust.works’s 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 I’m wa-a-ay too aggressive and pushy. The OP just notes his opinion, and their message wasn’t mandating that it’s the truth and the final truth. I guess I should be more chill
there’s an “official” 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 don’t 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 couldn’t understand this one. I’ve 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 i’ve 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, they’re either lost or they live there.
I’d 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 don’t need to be slowed down, and aren’t bound to a roadway, so it’d stand to reason they’d just take the shortest distance between two points.
