In Dutch cities and towns, one of the features that first stands out to international visitors is the use of the continuous cycle path.
Rather than treating humans as guests in the car space, the opposite occurs, and the cycle path is seamless by design.
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American engineers have the design guides to create corridors like this. More importantly, they have the internet.
The alleged infrastructure problem solvers generally lack intellectual curiosity, which might be the biggest obstacle.
“A network is only as strong as its weakest link”, is the best way to explain the importance of intersections in cycle planning.
Dutch engineers have spent years establishing best practices for safe intersection design as part of a coherent cycle network
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One of the most simple and powerful city-building projects your city could do would be to transform its street intersections to prioritize people and life over cars and speed. We know how. It just takes will. Graphic via the always clever @LiorSteinberg.
This is still brilliant.
“It means you spend a lot of money now for a very short-term benefit."
“I guess for $300 billion we were hoping for something a little more dramatic.”
#JevonsParadox isn’t a death metal band. It’s #inducedTraffic. Via @ABCTV