Threefromleith

Why is it that every new pedestrian crossing is designed to turn into a lake each time it rains, so that being a pedestrian means multiple soakings whilst you wait to cross as every driver ploughs through them?

Zero thought for pedestrians as always. How does this crap ever get signed off?

Duke St, Leith.

#CrapInfra
#TramsToNewhaven
#Leith

Mar 4, 2023 at 12:58pmWeb
Show threadNotBlackMagicMar 4, 2023
@goo The bike lane looks horribly designed, too.
Show threadThreefromleithMar 4, 2023
@CASSCFenjoyer The whole pedestrian & cycling infra design implemented during the tramworks on Leith Walk is a shambolic mess. Just Google Leith Walk cycle lane & see!
Show threadBench MarkMar 4, 2023
@goo When the majority of your voters are car drivers, you care about them, to the detriment of non-car-drivers. Even if those car drivers would be much happier as non-car-drivers. Self-inflected misery.
Show threadJohn MeadowsMar 4, 2023
@goo Sounds like Toronto. Pedestrian and public transit policy are made by people who experience the city behind tinted glass in a limousine.
Show threadwauzMar 4, 2023
@goo
After all: it's not a bug, it's a feature!
@beatekurth
Show threadHeatherMar 4, 2023
@goo I resent every pedestrian crossing that isn't raised (which is pretty much all of them in my city) for this reason. The added safety is a welcome bonus.
Show threadthebostonlolMar 4, 2023
@Habigelo @goo raised crosswalks are The Way. Does double duty in that they slow down drivers right at the point of conflict