Posted on 10/29/2014 1:28:11 PM PDT by Lorianne
Chicago is about to take a gamble on a four-block stretch of town where drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians are all equal. It's not as crazy as it sounds.
Imagine a street with no sidewalks, no crosswalks, no curbs, no lane markings--basically no real distinctions between pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers at all. At first glance, that might seem like an extraordinarily unsafe street. But the city of Chicago is betting on its success as it redesigns a four-block stretch of its uptown.
The New York Times editorial board recently called the concept of shared streets a “radical experiment” for the city of Chicago, which plans to start construction on its first one on Argyle Street early next year. Yet the philosophy behind them--that by removing common street control features, street users will actually act less recklessly and negotiate space through eye-contact---is actually not all that new. Shared streets have been built and shown to be effective in reducing accidents in London already. In the U.S., shared streets exist in Seattle, Washington and Buffalo, New York.
(Excerpt) Read more at fastcoexist.com ...
So it’s going to look like a 3rd world country street packed with busses, motorcycles, people, animals?
theyre trying to force people to think....
it aint gonna work..
common sense isn’t...not for years.
FREE RANGE...busses, motorcycles, people, animals...
very sustainable....
Let’s test Darwin’s Law of survival of the fittest. (or quickest)
Pass the popcorn
Shared street in San Francisco, 1906, four days before the quake:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oubsaFBUcTc
How about they just ban vehicles larger than a scooter from the area?
most people will either be totally lost....as they TRY to sensibly negotiate those streets...and the others will be hell bent for chaos..
what a GREAT IDEAD
They should pipe this music in through loudspeakers onthe street...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWO5Ai_a80M
Or this if they do in detroit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_M9TSHuGw0
Wow, a four block long, apartment parking area. What could go wrong?
what about rickshaws?
“Imagine a street with no sidewalks, no crosswalks, no curbs, no lane markings—basically no real distinctions between pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers at all.”
Now imagine every gravel road in America, like the one I live on. It’s only a scary concept to liberals, to millions of conservatives it’s a normal road.
Oh, sort of the way the “Dogders” got their name in Brooklyn.
Look on the bright side it will cut down on drive by getaways.
Drive-by shootings will never be the same!
What could go wrong?
That video was exactly what I thought about when I read this post!
The third world city streets are like that. We are doomed if the left has its way.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.