Banishing pedestrians underground so the cars can have the surface is a little bit backwards through.
There are certainly situations where a pedestrian bridge or underpass is the only reasonable solution, but it shouldn’t be the default solution. And if you have to build a pedestrian underpass, at least make it spaceous, inviting and easily accessible, and not dark and claustrophobic.
I’m fairly certain the underpass in this picture is quite old, and it passes under what used to be the main road to the north before the ring-road was finished.
Exactly my point. We have a lot of those where I live and they’re always dirty, dingy and smell of piss. Plus, there are usually no ramps for bikes and those that exist are very steep and narrow. A classic is having a ramp on one side and then having to push your bike up the stairs on the other side.
People, especially women, are scared to walk there at night. Stuff like this is a holdover from the bad old days of car centric city planning. I mean, it’s not like things are great now, but they definitely used to be worse.
Everybody needs to climb through the damp, creepy dungeon, just so the poor poor widdle cars aren’t inconvenienced.
It is also more convenient for the pedestrian than waiting for the light to change, putting themselves in danger, etc.
Banishing pedestrians underground so the cars can have the surface is a little bit backwards through.
There are certainly situations where a pedestrian bridge or underpass is the only reasonable solution, but it shouldn’t be the default solution. And if you have to build a pedestrian underpass, at least make it spaceous, inviting and easily accessible, and not dark and claustrophobic.
I’m fairly certain the underpass in this picture is quite old, and it passes under what used to be the main road to the north before the ring-road was finished.
Exactly my point. We have a lot of those where I live and they’re always dirty, dingy and smell of piss. Plus, there are usually no ramps for bikes and those that exist are very steep and narrow. A classic is having a ramp on one side and then having to push your bike up the stairs on the other side.
People, especially women, are scared to walk there at night. Stuff like this is a holdover from the bad old days of car centric city planning. I mean, it’s not like things are great now, but they definitely used to be worse.