There are a lot of hard hitting quotes in this work but I think this one speaks out most to me We need to seriously redesign roads so that the average person does not feel safe driving any faster...
There are a lot of hard hitting quotes in this work but I think this one speaks out most to me
I’m fed up with people being killed because my profession contains a bunch of dogmatic idiots. I’m sure the response of some will be: But Chuck, the driver was drunk, this isn’t the engineer’s fault. Ridiculous. If I had a $100 for every time I heard an engineer recommend some stupid tree removal or curve widening because “some drunk is going to come through here and get killed” I would be fully funding Strong Towns with the interest off my latent wealth. We consider the drunk when it suits our purposes -- the free flow of traffic -- and ignore them when it doesn't. That's the sign of a broken moral compass.
We need to seriously redesign roads so that the average person does not feel safe driving any faster than the listed speed limit. Rather than building a freeway and limiting it to a residential street speed and then fining everyone who drives to the design of the road.
Wide residential streets are great for kids to play in, at least in a world where we lack easy access to quality parks. Idiots driving 45+ on them not so much. I'm very much in favor of 25mph...
Wide residential streets are great for kids to play in, at least in a world where we lack easy access to quality parks.
Idiots driving 45+ on them not so much. I'm very much in favor of 25mph rated speed bumps every 200 feet or so in residential areas. I'll celebrate every time I hear a BMW bottoming out.
There are a lot of hard hitting quotes in this work but I think this one speaks out most to me
We need to seriously redesign roads so that the average person does not feel safe driving any faster than the listed speed limit. Rather than building a freeway and limiting it to a residential street speed and then fining everyone who drives to the design of the road.
Wide residential streets are great for kids to play in, at least in a world where we lack easy access to quality parks.
Idiots driving 45+ on them not so much. I'm very much in favor of 25mph rated speed bumps every 200 feet or so in residential areas. I'll celebrate every time I hear a BMW bottoming out.
Our street got speed bumps a few years ago. It’s so much more pleasant to go on walks.