• doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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    1 day ago

    Our roads are already only one lane in each direction. No shoulder, no sidewalks. Sometimes they’re marked as narrow and only one car can get through at a time. It’s a ditch in the side, not grass. People get killed on these roads all the time. Widening the roads means imminent domain land seizures, adding underground waste water runoff capability, and adding all of the infrastructure you’re describing. I won’t see 5% if our roads fixed before I die.

    • Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      Sometimes they’re marked as narrow and only one car can get through at a time.

      That should be the case every 200m or so, if there is no sidewalk. It’s really effective at slowing drivers down.

      With a speed limit of around 10km/h streets like that can be safe and pretty comfortable for pedestrians

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        23 hours ago

        These are roads big trucks drive at 100kkmh on all day long. Hilly roads with blind curves. No one goes anywhere without a car here.