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minus-squareTIEPilot@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·2 months agoWhat if youre in a wheel chair?
minus-squareAWTM_James@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·2 months agoDang, too bad no one’s ever thought of that… Oh wait
minus-squareTIEPilot@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down5·2 months agoDang look at the size of them, its almost like you can’t put them at every cross walk… Oh and the cost isn’t prohibitive, who would have thunk?
minus-squareSalvo@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAnd it only increases the walking distance by a factor of 3. How efficient!
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoWhy would every intersection need one?
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months agoBecause people all need to get to different places, and walking/wheelchairing half a kilometre in one direction to access a bridge and then walk back sucks
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoNot every intersection is busy enough to warrant this.
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 months agoI.e. not every pedestrian matters
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoIf a road has one vehicle come by every hour, you expect a raised pedestrian bridge? A lighted crosswalk is totally fine. Context matters, but exaggerate to make your point i guess.
What if youre in a wheel chair?
Dang, too bad no one’s ever thought of that… Oh wait
Dang look at the size of them, its almost like you can’t put them at every cross walk…
Oh and the cost isn’t prohibitive, who would have thunk?
And it only increases the walking distance by a factor of 3. How efficient!
Why would every intersection need one?
Because people all need to get to different places, and walking/wheelchairing half a kilometre in one direction to access a bridge and then walk back sucks
Not every intersection is busy enough to warrant this.
I.e. not every pedestrian matters
If a road has one vehicle come by every hour, you expect a raised pedestrian bridge? A lighted crosswalk is totally fine.
Context matters, but exaggerate to make your point i guess.