Making Sacrifices to Create Pleasant Experiences
I like how San Diego incorporated light rail into its downtown. They took a section of C St. and dedicated it solely as a transit/pedestrian street. As seen here, this pedestrian in the center is free to read a book quietly while waiting for her train. Another can safely venture out into the street. The boundry between sidewalk to streetway feels safely marked yet comfortable to cross.
I can only speculate about what it took to convince the driving public that sacrificing automobile capacity for a handsomely designed transit street would be more beneficial to the city in the long run.
Add comment August 7th, 2006