Phil (ascentale)Mar 7

@cainmark asks:

Q6. Anyone else have trouble navigating from city to country (urban to rural) & the reverse? On the road, w/ no paths available, when the shoulders disappear.

My closest calls have all been on the "outskirts" of a city, just past suburbs, before fully becoming country.

Anyone have ideas on how to traffic engineer that to stop being a problem? Speed limits don't help when people constantly speed over them.

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Show threadKen SmokerMar 7
@ascentale @cainmark @bikenite A6: In my limited experience with a mid-sized US city, this comes down to the politics of each particular inner-ring suburb. Some transition seamlessly from urban to rural, some are a nightmare vortex of cul-de-sac neighborhoods and stroads.
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@ksmoker @ascentale @bikenite

A6.

I've only experienced the latter. What makes the transition seamless? How can that be done for areas where it isn't?

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Show threadKen SmokerMar 8
@cainmark @ascentale @bikenite
In my limited experience, mostly eastern US mid-sized cities, the nicer city neighborhoods tend to sit next to nicer inner ring suburbs (quiet, wide residential streets, even bike lanes) linked to the nicer rural exurbs (wide shoulders, plenty of un-commercialized property). Where I say “nicer,” think old-moneyinfrastructure.