That’s a part of it as well. If you make roads visibly narrow, with nearby obstacles, not a lot of people would feel comfortable speeding down that street, even if they were inclined to speed. Example:
Whereas in America, suburban “neighborhoods” have extremely wide streets with houses at extreme setbacks in an attempt to limit the danger to… cars, I guess, for their reckless driving. Everything about them screams “you can drive whatever speed you want, you won’t be hitting anything”. Example:
That’s the wrong direction. We need to be putting up fake speed limit signs with lower speed limits.
Wtf kind of “activism” is this?
I mean it does effectively demonstrate something Strong Towns advocates. People drive to the speed of the road, not the posted limit.
But yeah, agreed
And there’s people that drive as fast as they think they can no matter the limit.
That’s a part of it as well. If you make roads visibly narrow, with nearby obstacles, not a lot of people would feel comfortable speeding down that street, even if they were inclined to speed. Example:
Whereas in America, suburban “neighborhoods” have extremely wide streets with houses at extreme setbacks in an attempt to limit the danger to… cars, I guess, for their reckless driving. Everything about them screams “you can drive whatever speed you want, you won’t be hitting anything”. Example: