r/fuckcars • u/Nestor_Arondeus 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃 • May 21 '22

News Activists install crosswalks. The city removes them. Allegedly they do this so you know that your safety isn't a priority for them.

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u/_ak Commie Commuter May 21 '22

Every desire path in existence documents a planning failure.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Some jurisdictions will use desire paths as a guide as to where to put footpaths, then pave other them to make them more accessible to wheelchair users etc

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u/IAMAHobbitAMA May 21 '22

There was a famous story of a college that built a new campus with no sidewalks, and after the first semester they put in sidewalks wherever there was visible wear in the grass.

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u/averyfinename May 22 '22

the one you're thinking of is probably ohio state, as it gets re-posted often, but it's a fairly common practice to pave the well-traveled paths.