…and in Colorado Springs, where grand avenues were built, not for cars, but for buggies- to mimic Paris -wide enough for a horse and carriage to turn around in. ——— Sara Mattes
> On Nov 27, 2022, at 4:44 PM, Jennifer Saffran <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Like Woodward Avenue, Detroit. The first road made of concrete in the US. > It’s about 4 lanes wide in both directions, separated by an island. The idea > was to build the kind of roads that were grand avenues in 20th century > cities. You see that even in NYC as you go north. > >> On Nov 27, 2022, at 4:39 PM, Sara Mattes <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> "U.S. had built: wide roads, even in city centers, that seemed to invite >> speeding." >> Not true in Lincoln. >> Neither straight nor wide. >> >> >> "What the U.S. can do to change this is obvious, advocates say: like >> outfitting trucks with side underride guards to prevent people from being >> pulled underneath, or narrowing the roads that cars share with bikes so that >> drivers intuit they should drive slower." >> Lincoln roads are narrow and winding as they follow the design of our >> earliest “roads”-cart paths. >> Those paths were designed to avoid arable land and wetlands and be as narrow >> as possible. >> >> If, indeed, narrow roads reduce speeds, perhaps we should consider leaving >> the roadside uncut and create an even greater perception of a narrow road. >> >> Sara >> ------ >> Sara Mattes >> >> >> >> >>> On Nov 27, 2022, at 1:36 PM, John Mendelson <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths >>> >>> https://nyti.ms/3i6DS8Q >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>> To post, send mail to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >>> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>> Change your subscription settings at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>> >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >
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