Michigan, USA

spacious

I forgotten how fucked American roads are where that's "spacious" to them 😂

As a non American, what even is that first picture? Is that a common "design" (or lack thereof) in American towns?

Suburban/stripmall decline. Hey that mud is gross, pave it. Hey I don't want to mow that, pave it. Hey everyone is already driving over that, pave it.

Now that cement is super expensive you don't see it as much, but for a while, the answer to any problem was "pave that sumbitch."

There are two kinds if people in this space. This first kind that want better designed towns in general who reject the carcentric designs of the 50s and 60s that we are stuck with. The second kind are bike supremicists who wont be happy until every roadway is bike only. They couldnt give a rats ass about peedtrians, they just want to be the biggest thing in the road.

Absolutely don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

The next step would be for people to voice there desired improvements and additions. This can be the addition of bike paths, raised crosswalks, bollards at intersections, benches and tree shade, patio areas and pedestrianised streets, dedicated tram ways, anything to turn a street into a destination as opposed to a thruway (or throughway).

Anything that can be done to push in the "right" direction is a win when it comes to improvements of infrastructure. Often enough we see cities get stuck in "planing and studies", and rarely implement, as to not inadvertently make a select few "unhappy".

Instead we all left collectively "unhappy", as opposed to a select few of us "unhappy".