[Makarov]

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

Are you suggesting that people who drive to the grocery store, by virtue of their mode of transportation, lack the self control to only buy the things that they need?



By Amazon drones?

If not, isn't the delivery company on the road, and don't you think that they might benefit from optimized traffic light timings?

After all, you might be able to get your item delivered slightly quicker...



Okay, well, let's be honest for a second.

Most pedestrians (myself included) pay little attention to the walk/don't walk signs if there is no cross-traffic around that could mow them down while they walk across a street.

Furthermore, isn't it against the law for cyclists to be on the sidewalk anyway? I know that there are some exceptions, and on some roads bicycles-on-the-sidewalk is explictly allowed, but justifying certain cycling improvements by saying that they get bicyclists off the sidewalk is meaningless, when the cyclists never should have been on the sidewalk in the first place.

It is a bad analogy, I know, but isn't it like rationalizing the construction of a garage by saying that the garage allowed me to get my car off of my neighbor's roof?

Its more akin to rationalizing the construction of roads so that people don't drive on the sidewalk:



(My photo btw)