03-31-2020, 09:45 AM
(03-31-2020, 01:12 AM)nms Wrote: - If the move is towards greater social distancing, how will that drive current philosophies of road space, multiuse trails and sidewalks? Will setbacks be increased in favour developers giving strips of land to the city to allow for wider sidewalks? When walking in the suburbs, it's easier to walk around someone on a boulevard than it is on a narrower downtown sidewalk.
Personally, I don’t expect anything to change. Most likely, we’ll just go right back to doing exactly what we were doing before, including having no spare hospital capacity and having fire doors closed all over the place (rather than being on electromagnetic door holders so they stand open until the alarm is triggered).
But I could be surprised. It’s pretty much unpredictable what will actually trigger a lasting change in policy and behaviour.