[sustran] Re: Noise barriers

[Zvi Leve]

An Urban "Boulevard <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulevard>" may be a more
realistic compromise than trying to minimize the impact of a highway.
Boulevards typically include numerous interventions related to the
"aesthetic" qualities of the facility (I know, how can one talk about road
"aesthetics"?), and by definition boulevards are intended to accommodate
many different types of road-user. Plus boulevards can even accommodate a
measure of 'public space' which can even be dedicated to non-transportation
related activities, such as vendors.

We should all be wary of building more exclusively car-centric projects. It
is doubly damaging when such projects are dropped into an existing
multi-modal urban environment. Tearing places apart in order to more
"efficiently" accommodate motorized vehicles is a very short-sighted
development approach.

Anyway... Good luck!

Zvi

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory
<edelman at greenidea.eu> wrote:

> Morten Lange wrote:
>
> [...]
> > * more "realistic" in the short run than banning cars  :-)
> >
> [...]
>
> THERE is no "short run" for a new or widened highway. Create this
> monster under the conditions that its claws are filed, but it will be
> alive a long time and will figure out a way to sharpen its claws.
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