Lincoln is not an island so decisions outside our borders affect behaviors here as well. I cannot tell you how many times I've been buzzed by cars going 40mph+ while walking down Tower Road or how often I am tailgated when driving the speed limit or even 5-10mph over it.
I shared not so we could pat ourselves on the back for our own exceptionalism but rather so we can consider how the larger trends might affect us here and when travelling outside our little town as well as to point out how many of our decisions reflect knee-jerk, car-centric biases. John On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 4:39 PM Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> 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 <johntmendel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths > > https://nyti.ms/3i6DS8Q > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > 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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