I’ve been playing with this idea for a while now: photoshopping a street I ride a lot to show what it could easily be like if street design in this country were brought up to date with international best practices in safety and livability for vulnerable road users. Wellington goes Dutch – putting the Zeeland back into New Zealand.
I admit it’s not perfect, but it’s a first try. (And finding time for this on top of an 80-hour workweek is not unchallenging!)
Why? Because pictures speak louder than words – pictures help people see for themselves how things could be.
I would adore forever anyone who could create a drag-and-drop street redesign app for communities to express their desires and suggestions in images to their elected representatives.
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I like the planters (or at least a raised kerb) to separate the cars and the bikes as in some of the photos here:
https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/how-to-do-things-right-vancouver-style/
I also like the idea of bidirectional cycle paths.
Very well done. I personally can see nothing wrong with how that design would work in practice.