@mstone 62945 wrote:
If your interest is pedestrian safety, too many cars go flying of the road at 60MPH for few inches of grass to be anything more than psychological. The fact that there aren’t many pedestrians is the only reason that’s not more of an issue in practice. That’s why the standard for high speed roads calls for separation measured in feet, or barriers where space is constrained.”.
Col Pike and LRT are posted at 45MPH. Well there are definitely vehicles going at 60MPH on them, I don’t think we will ever see walls or even guardrails there.
My preference would be for not merely a few inches of grass, but trees, bushes, street furniture, etc. Even add a bike lane between the general travel lanes and the sidewalk.
But I am cynical we will get that. A sidewalk with a curb, and any grass, would still be an improvement.
