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[–] Hagdos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crosswalk bridges are pretty hostile to pedestrians. They need to be at least 4 meters/12 ft high, to accommodate standard lorries. Nobody likes climbing high stairs on every crossing. Even worse for wheelchair users.

[–] fishos@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If only we'd invented some sort of sloped surface. Maybe call it a "ramp"?

[–] Hagdos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Scaling a 4 meter high ramps on every intersection sounds like a fucking nightmare

[–] fishos@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, because no one anywhere has ever built a ramp that made sense.

You're intentionally being obtuse.

[–] Hagdos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It doesn't matter how much sense your ramp makes, it still needs enough height to allow trucks to pass under it. That's a lot of height to gain. Any sensible ramp would be very long and take up a lot of space, and be very impractical to have to scale at every intersection.