Desire Paths

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Desire paths Desire paths can be paths created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The paths usually represent the shortest or most easily navigated routes between origins and destinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path

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Desire path for straight sidewalk (infosec.pub)

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Desire path for straight sidewalk

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 64 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Those sidewalks always amaze me at how claustrophobic they feel. You dedicate like 20 m of space to cars and can only spare like 1 m to actual human beings living there?

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah what's with the hatched lines artificially widening the road? Couldn't that be more pavement? It's not like it's even being used for cars.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Large roads ussually have a shoulder for when vehicles break down and can be removed safely off the roadway. It would also allow additional cars when the turn lane backs up from rush hour/event congestion.

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

It just doesn't look like a particularly large road. We have shoulders on the motorway but that's usually 3 lanes either way.