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by ctidd 773 days ago
The other part of this decision not to protect human-powered mobility (pedestrian, bicycle, wheelchair, etc.) is that we allow or encourage automotive traffic as a constant, and _then_ we choose not to protect people. It’s a two step process where we make an active choice to create danger and then a second choice not to mitigate the danger.
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> we make an active choice to create danger and then a second choice not to mitigate the danger.

Precisely! This is why I keep suggesting charges of criminal negligence against city engineers, along side stripping them of sovereign immunity.

> Oh no, Josh, it sounds like you want someone to be responsible for the decisions they make!

Yes, yes I do.

(I wrote the article. You very correctly perceive that two-step choice. make it dangers, keep it dangerous.)