[Ef996]

Yep, good point. I am myself a huge fan of livable oriented infrastructure (bike lanes, pedestrian paths, public transportation) but the hard truth is that roads were initially designed for carriages and later for cars. A though I recurrently have is how would a city designed from scratch by a civilization that uses only bikes and walking look like?

[vladms]

Why should you use only bikes and walking? Cars/trucks have a role to play, it's just not the most efficient to move the majority of the people from one point to another. Simple examples: ambulances, firefighters, police, cranes.

[Ef996]

True. I mostly meant not personal vehicles, so jut buses, trams etc. I supposed emergency services will use those dedicated lanes. or maybe civilization is so advanced those will be served via flying only. Idk just since fiction thinking.

[phatskat]

Roads as in? I recall hearing once (with no current source nor desire to research) that most city streets were originally at least _used_ with pedestrians in mind. Whether they were created for carriages or not, the advent of the automobile really messed up a lot of how people primarily used streets