people will totally still walk on unsafe roads, that doesn’t make people’s houses any closer to anything.
when i was a kid i would walk in the Ditch on the side of unwalkable roads, playing frogger to cross. it took me 2 hours of waking to reach the closest business, which was a single gross gas station. that’s why i didn’t walk to commute and I’m an avid hiker. the small handful of times i went for it it took me all day to get to one store and back. spent 6 hours just to get to a store with fresh produce and back by foot.
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99% of cars in America are driven in non walkable areas anyway
There are quite a few problems related to this issue
Every area is walk-able if you get rid of the 10 ton death machines barreling through them at 80 mph.
people will totally still walk on unsafe roads, that doesn’t make people’s houses any closer to anything.
when i was a kid i would walk in the Ditch on the side of unwalkable roads, playing frogger to cross. it took me 2 hours of waking to reach the closest business, which was a single gross gas station. that’s why i didn’t walk to commute and I’m an avid hiker. the small handful of times i went for it it took me all day to get to one store and back. spent 6 hours just to get to a store with fresh produce and back by foot.
I get the sentiment but no
Removing the cars would not magically make America walkable
Walkability is a design issue not just whether it’s safe to physically be there on foot
It would be necessary, but not sufficient.
It’s literally not even necessary
You can make very walkable places and still have some cars lol
lol