… especially if the neighborhood is filled with little shits with too many electrified toys.

EDIT: Okay, I’m convinced. Regular bikes would actually be a sensible cause here. Let me be a curmudgeon though.

  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
    833·
    24 days ago

    The original path design is exceedingly stupid. Sidewalks are not a place for this kinda artistic pathing, they are a functional element of public infrastructure. Its barely even wide enough for a wheelchair. Put that kinda path in a park somewhere, not next to a road, then people wont make a shortcut to get past it.

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      351·
      24 days ago

      Welcome to American suburbia; the sidewalk is basically meant to serve the purpose of a park path. The nearest shop of any kind whatsoever is 1.3km away, and if anything that’s not considered that bad.

      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
        21·
        24 days ago

        Wheelchair users who want to visit their neighbors should be grateful the pavers lie flat, not heaved up by tree roots. (And in fact the flat grass might be a smoother way around such obstacles, except when too muddy.) The grass exists for dogs to pee and poop on. Looks like owners have been decent about scooping, at least.

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      103·
      24 days ago

      Honestly, the desire path makes sense. The entitled shits are just generally not safe vehicle operators, though.

  • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    20·
    24 days ago

    It takes special kind of delusional thinking to design a Y-shaped path in a place like this. What you need, is a triangle.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
    14·
    24 days ago

    I don’t know why, but as soon as I saw the picture my brain said, “Oh, that’s bicycles.”

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      24 days ago

      When you’re going at high speed (particularly when you’re a kid on a jacky bike that doesn’t handle well) taking that weird turn is a recipe for either crashing into the bush or losing your balance.

      Why risk it? Just take the grassy route.

      • litchralee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        7·
        24 days ago

        That, plus if there are any pedestrians using the path, they should get first dibs. Bicycles can ride on grass just fine, but anyone with a walker, a wheelchair, a stroller, or just wants to keep their shoes clean, should not feel like they have to squeeze or get off the pavement to let a bicyclist pass.

        Here, the convenient option for bikes is also the most friendly option. Ornamental grass shouldn’t even be a top-10 concern. If the municipality won’t build proper infra for all users, then desire paths are all but guaranteed.

      • wjrii@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        42·
        24 days ago

        Okay, fair enough. As a former child myself, that’s eminently reasonable, LOL. Post text updated. :-)

        Still too many 12yo kids on overpowered electric minibikes around here.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
    13·
    24 days ago

    The entire sidewalk down to the edge of the city I am in on one side of the main road is “wavy” in such a way that if you followed the sidewalk, it would take you 4 times as long to walk 2 blocks than it would if you were across the main road where the sidewalk is just straight. It’s so fucking stupid.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
    11·
    24 days ago

    They design sidewalks the way they should be designing roads: slow, deliberately requiring attention, and inconvenient.

    Every time I see a cut through like that, I know that the planner failed at their job, because they failed to design for humans of all ages and abilities.

  • nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    10·
    24 days ago

    If it really bothers you, extend the garden and add landscape rocks. Grass is ugly no matter the state it is in