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		AnimalMuppet on July 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If we want a shift to walking, we need to prioriti... I don't think your logic works. Cars are 10x longer, but (for example) my house is not 10x longer in all 3 dimensions. The streets in downtown Salt Lake City were famously designed to be able to turn a horse-drawn wagon around. That width turned out to be pretty good for cars when they came - no additional scaling needed.

kettlecorn on July 30, 2024 [–]

Salt Lake City has a huge volume of parking lots, highways, and many roads.

While individual streets may not have scaled up there were other parts of the built environment that did to accommodate cars.

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