Streetsblog draws attention to how the proverbial deck is stacked against pedestrians in our auto-centric culture. I’ve encountered so many situations here in LA where those who walk are second class citizens, but these are some incredible examples as to how planners don’t keep walkers in mind.
Carnegie Road in Cleveland is dreadful. Running just south of downtown, it is so frequently interrupted by highway exits, it’s more of a high-speed off ramp to somewhere else than a part of the city. Chris Stocking singled out this area — Carnegie by East 9th Street — for its utter un-traversibility.
Were one to walk from the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown to the popular Aladdin’s Restaurant on the other side of the street, the journey would be nearly a quarter mile.