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Originally Posted by UPP
Another idea that progressive cities do is to build pedestrian walkways over highspeed/heavy traffic streets with lots of pedestrian use. I'm not necessarily suggesting that for these 2 examples, since I don't know the amount of pedestrian traffic, just saying that Saskatoon has multiple pedways, Calgary has to have dozens and they build more all the time, Regina... 1.
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They have their place over certain roadways, but I wouldn't say they are necessarily a progressive idea; as it's only further communicating and entrenching the idea that streets are designed for cars and other modes are secondary. Making pedestrians, cyclists and people who use mobility scooters climb up to go over has serious accessibility implications. Truly progressive cities are reexamining the composition of the street at grade, and rethinking the allocation of space. In Calgary, there are examples where the pedestrian overpass is being reconsidered like here:
https://globalnews.ca/news/7146453/pedestrian-bridge-calgary-hillhurst-14th-street-crossing/
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