On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 14:51, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > +1, historically (say pre-1960ies, I’m not old enough to tell from own > experience and may be wrong) you wouldn’t have found pavements in German > hamlets and villages (or likely anywhere in the countryside), and although > most will have put them now, it really isn’t a criterion for the road > importance. > Another factor is road widening. Houses that may have had a (very) small front garden may have lost it when the road was widened to accommodate more traffic. I've only lived here ten years, so I don't know if it was always this way or the road was widened when the one-way scheme was implemented. Feidrfair is a major component of the one-way system around town. All buses heading from the north to the "bus station" at Finch Square travel along it. It's only a tertiary route now, but before the town bypass was constructed (again, before my time) it would have been a main artery for travel across the town from the surrounding areas. https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.08389&mlon=-4.65824#map=17/52.08389/-4.65824 Now look at the images.https://goo.gl/maps/AL5FAzNgPCMumHKM8 On the right the pavement is only wide enough for one person to walk (two if they're very close friends), the houses have no gardens. A little further along https://goo.gl/maps/RYiuKbC6hKbFSVDG9 and even one person will have to be careful to get past the sign post and lamp post. Further along still https://goo.gl/maps/nnumunY2txjhoqde8 and there's no pavement, just a kerb. The houses have gardens but they're relatively new build (in an old style) so whatever was there before them probably stuck out that far, because a new build wouldn't have been allowed to "steal" pavement. Ahead on the left you can see the large signage typical of a through route. As streets in this town go it's not the most densely-packed with houses but it's not far off. It's a tertiary route now but I suspect that before the bypass was constructed it was either a secondary or a primary. -- Paul
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