I don't understand why this is so poorly understood. It UX 101 and should be part of any design or engineering curriculum.
The examples of frustrating traffic patterns in my neighborhood are too many to list. Just what I run into on my 1 mile walk to the office...
- Sidewalk skips back/forth across 4 lane road without crosswalks. So, I walk down the bike lane.
- Crosswalk at one intersection timed so I'm crossing at the same time as turning traffic (that will run into me).
- Another intersection only has crosswalks on 3 sides, so if you need to get from NE corner to NW corner, you have to cross three times instead of once.
- No sidewalk through massive commercial parking area, so part of the walk is down an access road.
It still beats driving, but this stuff would be so obvious if the traffic engineers were just made to walk around a bit.
The examples of frustrating traffic patterns in my neighborhood are too many to list. Just what I run into on my 1 mile walk to the office... - Sidewalk skips back/forth across 4 lane road without crosswalks. So, I walk down the bike lane. - Crosswalk at one intersection timed so I'm crossing at the same time as turning traffic (that will run into me). - Another intersection only has crosswalks on 3 sides, so if you need to get from NE corner to NW corner, you have to cross three times instead of once. - No sidewalk through massive commercial parking area, so part of the walk is down an access road.
It still beats driving, but this stuff would be so obvious if the traffic engineers were just made to walk around a bit.