The Boardwalk at Ira Needles

[ijmorlan]

I can't really see anyone who needs something at, say, Wal Mart, and wanting to stop at the bank, walking between the two. It would feel unsafe and, as noted, there isn't proper wayfinding for that. For sure clients are supposed to drive around. This is a big box development.

Right, in order to walk, you have to go outside. But in order to drive, you have to go outside also. If it was one big building you could park near one destination and just walk down a nice climate-controlled corridor to get to the other destination. Or, go back outside and drive to another door, which might even make sense if your two destinations were at opposite ends of the building.

The design sucks for drivers just as much as it does for hypothetical pedestrians. This isn’t really a matter of catering to drivers vs. pedestrians; it’s just poor design for everybody.