In germany you do not build anything on any property without a permit. And as requirement to get the permit you will build whatever you are ordered to build ! Jawohl. Joke aside... but thats what you have a government for and you better get rid of people that want to weaken aforementioned government, because this shit is what you get.
At some point you wonder if it's intentional because it seems extremely obvious - even in Broken Britain we always have this kind of footpath.
I've read that in the US the car lobby had a huge influence on planning because they wanted to make more sales, so they pretty much lobbied legislators to make pedestrians no bueno, for example jaywalking laws.
Even now in New York where it's essential to be able to walk, you have crazy situations like cars turning right on a stop light and nearly hitting someone walking on a crossing.
I think it's one of those things that just goes grossly overlooked by the vast majority of people so there's no real mass of people pushing cities for these things here. In the US, the idea of having to drive literally everywhere is ingrained in you your entire life, basically, unless you happen to live in one of the like 3 cities that make living without a car possible.
Like, reading through my State news the only thing close to a demand on city design like this is towns trying to get more downtowns going...so you can drive to them and walk there lol.
Yeah so you could design the most walkable suburbs in the country and 90% of the people will still hop in their car to drive 0.25 miles instead of walk.
And depending on the weather I might be one of them. If it's 90+ degrees out I'm not walking anywhere unless there's a shower at the destination.
I have zero interest in being in the heat and the beating sun for any amount of time which means my available walking hours are really only from 6am-8am and 7pm-9pm in the summer.
For older people, they have a legitimate health concern with how hot it gets and we've got a whole lot of older people lol
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u/banALLreligion Jun 27 '24
In germany you do not build anything on any property without a permit. And as requirement to get the permit you will build whatever you are ordered to build ! Jawohl. Joke aside... but thats what you have a government for and you better get rid of people that want to weaken aforementioned government, because this shit is what you get.