Posted on 05/03/2012 11:50:50 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Thanks. It’s an interesting case up there in Montreal. It’s very similar to New York City in a lot of ways ... lots of rich and poor, and most of the middle class lives in the suburbs.
In that case, the engineering would involve narrowing the street to make room for a wider sidewalk. The key is to have a street that works in the context of the area where it is located. Having an eight-lane wide boulevard in an area with lots of pedestrians doesn’t make any sense, for example.
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