Take Back The Streets (...and alleys)

[ritchiew]

The killer is the fire station at 392 Hanover, Boston Fire Department Engine 8 Ladder 1.

Thanks. Yeah, I've heard that before about the fire station, but I haven't seen a good explanation why that is actually a problem. It looks like you could have 10 feet on each side of the street for café space, and leave a 30+ foot wide path down the middle for pedestrians and emergency vehicles. If a firetruck needs to come through, pedestrians get out of the way. Just like cars do now, except the pedestrians can get out of the way faster than gridlocked cars.

What am I missing here?

 

[Justbuildit]

A pernicious and deeply cultural status quo bias that looks for any reason to NOT do something rather than picking a vision and committing to it. I love your idea, sounds great. Someone is going to complain about parking and mention how long they’ve lived in the neighborhood and that’s it.