"We design wide roads that encourage speed.

[jwcph@helvede.net]

"We design wide roads that encourage speed. We prioritize vehicle throughput over every other public priority. We build intersections that are forgiving to drivers and hostile to everyone else. We clutter the roadway with signs and allow distractions to multiply.

Then, when the predictable happens — when someone is injured or killed — we treat it as a failure of individual behavior."

A world for cars, where people are just in the way...

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026-4-5-we-built-a-dangerous-system-then-we-made-a-psa-about-it

#traffic #cars #design