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Heart wants walkability and not get hit by cars
this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2025
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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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Ah, good theory
Especially to not get hit by cars.
speak for your own heart
it's a very calm dead-end street with maybe 8 houses and iirc speed is limited to 30km. You can walk in the middle of the street and you would still be safe.
There was even a hoop left in the street. If kids can play basketball there, i think you can walk safely.
Aww you're getting downvotes but I am with you. Sorry bro. True desire path
You should go to that street, stop people who walk and explain them.
Or, embrace this community of "Desire Paths" and think about "why?". Accept that they have reasons to do what they are doing, and don't try to teach them life as you know it ;-)
Uh, what?
I mean my message as a joke. The idea of "Desire Paths" is that you note how people work, frequently against "rules", when they simply walk around on grass. Above I disagree with @merde@sh.itjust.works's point about the safety of this street, because in my mind, if the desire path is as on the picture, then there are good reasons for it to be this case. I then go on and suggest to embrace it and not consider the street so safe maybe.
Actually re-reading my message, I think I'm wa-a-ay too aggressive and pushy. The OP just notes his opinion, and their message wasn't mandating that it's the truth and the final truth. I guess I should be more chill
there's an "official" mapped bike/walk path that joins the street 200m away. It passes through a park and a creek. From the traces what i assume is that after riding between trees and on a path, people don't want to get down to the street but just continue riding/walking on the grass (which no longer is grass).
I love desire paths but i really couldn't understand this one. I've seen more interesting ones in that area, i just need a break from the rain to have the courage to stop and take photos.
i thought i've found a shortcut but the street curves away from my commute. I may go back on a sunny Sunday.
Looks like a rich suburb that can influence decision makers to privatise the circulation by having multiple dead-ends. If a car is there, they're either lost or they live there.
Lmao the mouth-breathing rabid idiots from fuckcars are literally incapable of thinking. They just see asphalt and immediately start attacking anything in sight that moves.
Heart wants to not walk in curbside puddles, I'll bet.
Also to be able to jog on grass instead of hard pavement to help save my knees π€
Pointless curve
It forces cars to slow down to navigate. A college I used to live by did the same thing.
Speed bumps exist
And they're more expensive than a slight curve.
Then theyβre making speed bumps wrong or price gauging lol
Speed bumps are far from the best method of traffic calming. A gentle curve like this is a friendlier way of getting the same result
Anecdote: a street near my house in high school had speed bumps next to the park. Occasionally people would be woken up at 3am to a dunk Douchebag shredding down the road at 50 and launching himself off the speed bumps and smashing into stretside cars.
Eventually they had the bright idea (after a few years in a row of snowplows damaging their blades and the road needing repairs) to make a gentle S-curve instead. Now you don't feel like you can go 10mph over the limit, the road only needs minor repairs every 5 yearsnor so, and to my knowledge nobody has launched themselves into stationary vehicles in many years.
While I appreciate the well thought out comment, I can't help but note that they should've used the Transporter Room since you were around!
Curves, too.
Speed bumps are curves, too
Speed bumps are to solve issues with existing design. Curved roads are good design to begin with and you won't need speed bumps.
Speed bumps slow me down far less than curves.
My car (small truck) is most comfortable going over bumps at 30mph... Not the 10 they expect you to slow to. At 10 you get bounced around, at 30 you get 2 separate bumps that are far less uncomfortable.
I call that really crappy design.
Speed bumps are disproportionally less effective on vehicles with larger wheels, which is the trend for SUVs and trucks these days. So while a compact or sedan may slow down for the bump, your average pavement princess will respect the bumps as much as they'll respect speed limits around schools. Which is to say, not at all.
Unless you're my dad
Looks like it's going around a lake?
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Is the road part prone to flooding?
this was the only time i was there, i can't say
The heart wants pavement eh?
there is one, on the residential side of the street, lining the houses, for those who need a pavement
That's probably what the urban planner who didn't put a pavement where people are clearly walking would say ;)
The heart wants a fucking sidewalk.
my heart wants a world without cars and asphalt roads, where there's no need for sidewalks, where every path is just a desire path and a chance to bloom.
who cares?
its like a haiku but better