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Originally Posted by bomberjet
Sure. It's also the principle of the situation. Just go ahead and carve out a piece of sidewalk to park cars.
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I was mulling this over in the morning and I think I've chilled out a little over it. I spent a chunk of my summer vacation in Copenhagen, and even as a legendary bike and ped-friendly city, I still remember walking down many very narrow stretches of sidewalk. Mind you none of those were on streets anywhere near as wide as Main, but that aside they still made it work.
That said, the principle is still annoying as bomberjet points out. It feels like any ped or bike oriented road changes must be supported by reams of data while there is no ask too unreasonable to accommodate cars, it's like those get granted by default unless someone makes a compelling case against them. There is a double standard here that the City can't get out of the habit of applying.