05-23-2020, 09:01 PM
(05-23-2020, 05:03 PM)taylortbb Wrote:(05-23-2020, 04:54 PM)creative Wrote: As both a walker and driver I found this article very informative and understanding. Isn’t a walk in your neighborhood going somewhere?
If your destination is the same as your origin I don't think it's going somewhere. I think Dan's point is that if one is going for a casual stroll it's less time sensitive than if walking is a part of your commute.
I do understand the argument, whether I agree with it or not, on suburban arterials. But there's beg buttons in downtown Kitchener and uptown Waterloo. Willis Way may not have as many cars as King St, but I bet the pedestrian counts are far more similar between the two directions. Once again showing they only considered cars in how they design the infrastructure.
In addition, walking in a middle class suburban neighbourhood with no particular destination makes it extremely easy to avoid dangerous, poorly designed crossings of busy roads. Something far less possible if you are not living in a similar suburban neighbourhood, or if you have a particular destination in mind.