12-11-2015, 03:56 PM
(12-11-2015, 03:50 PM)SammyOES Wrote: On the expressway.
Designing a city is full of tradeoffs - and I find both the car-centric and pedestrian-centric advocates are generally selfish and want everything their way. The current design of Bridgeport and Erb allows foot traffic. It's not ideal but its not dangerous. And it seems like there are a few changes that could be made that could make it friendlier.
But yes, sometimes we sacrifice a friendly environment for people on foot for a better experience for people in cars. And vice versa.
Maybe we should make these streets controlled-access freeways then. But they're not. They're city streets that pass through residential neighbourhoods. I would say that, if you admit that the situation is not "ideal," you agree that it should change.
No one seems to want things entirely their own way. If that were true, you would have people saying that these streets be closed to through traffic. That's not the case. As you say, the situation on these streets is not ideal: they do not need to be three-lane freeways, and a safe environment for people using other means of transportation can and should be provided while still allowing reasonable flow of car traffic.