Podcast: Streets for whom?
“We have designed wider travel lanes so [cars] have more operating room [...] We’ve designed a more generous turning radius [...] I’ve been on safety audits where they’ve even evaluated where to put the signal controller box in order to avoid the likelihood it gets taken out by a turning motorist [...These are] road design features intended to make up for the mistakes of a motorist. Name one design element that is in there to make up for the mistake of a pedestrian.”
Chuck Marohn interviews Don Kostelec, a Strong Towns member and Senior Planning Associate at Alta Planning + Design based in Boise, ID. He's also the creator of this awesome video series.
Chuck and Don discuss a deadly street in Springfield, MA. (Read Chuck's open letter to the city of Springfield and the follow-up article for more back story.) They also chat about the challenges of the engineering and planning professions in general, and the nuance necessary in examining car crash data.
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(Top image by Johnny Sanphillippo)