Please, I can only become so erect
Lemme whisper in your ear, “The sidewalks are getting redone with paver stones, the intersections are getting raised to sidewalk level, and the bike lanes will connect directly with a larger protected bike lane network and directly to an in-progress new automated light metro station that will have 2.5-minute headways.”
What’s the benefit of paver sidewalks? I would think they’d be harder to keep clear of snow, like I know people with brick/paver drives and they’re less easy to shovel. Plus more points to become unsettled/uneven and have edges come up for tripping. I assume there’s positives I’m missing!
They’ve already installed some in my neighborhood, and they have a very smooth, even surface. Beyond that, I think it’s just an aesthetic thing: create really attractive, pleasant spaces and you’ll attract more pedestrians. And of you’re in a dense neighborhood, the local tax revenues are more than enough to afford nicer surfaces than if you’re having to cover a ton of sprawling suburbia.
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