-> "The goal for pavement widths on walkable streets is to reduce the pavement in order to encourage slower movements. Conventional street standards are typically designed for a higher ‘design speed’ than the intended ‘posted speed’. Watch for this. Excessive width encourages vehicles to drive in excess of the design speed (much less the posted speed) to the detriment of walkability, bikeability, and ultimately the safety of vehicles themselves. For urban thoroughfares, the design speed should be matched to the posted speed…"
— Geoff Dyer, Better! Cities & Towns
https://bit.ly/Ynz6xU
-> "Who ranks? Cars rank. The sidewalks never get plowed by our elected, tax-supported city government. Clearly it’s not our priority to make it easy to walk. Even though walking is better for our bodies and our planet, and in cities when coupled with public transit it’s the easiest, cheapest, healthiest and overall best way to get around…"
— John Kassel, Conservation Law Foundation
https://bit.ly/15I0Sey
from CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking.
Biking in Baltimore