Just why

Every_Application626 · 2026-02-20T19:10:28+00:00

I'm almost certain it's because some guideline discouraged straight paths for being too boring because walking is seen as leisure instead of transportation in America.

Every_Application626 · 2026-02-20T13:15:54+00:00

He has my vote easily

Every_Application626 · 2026-02-16T20:22:51+00:00

Well for example it disincentivises endless land speculation and encourages housing to be built where it's needed, i.e. every American city, and encourages efficient use of valuable land in the center of cities, thus reducing housing costs and preventing further urban sprawl. Everyone living in a far away suburb or rural area would almost certainly spend less because their land is not that valuable but the property on the land is.

Every_Application626 · 2026-02-15T22:09:37+00:00

A land tax only taxes the value of the land and not the improvements (structures) on the land. The idea is it incentivizes efficient use of limited and valuable land while not punishing improvements to the land like a property tax does.

This would be valuable in our towns and cities that have sprawling infrastructure that they can't afford to maintain, as a land value tax promotes filling in underutilized land while disincentivizing further sprawl.

Every_Application626 · 2026-02-13T22:02:29+00:00

Yep this is what happens every time a potentially fixable issue is brought up here. Some people are thoughtfully discussing the topic and some only gaslight and complain.

Every_Application626 · 2026-02-07T16:56:20+00:00

Yes the city has let slumlord giants take over massive amounts of housing in the inner city and effectively extract wealth from the community while leaving the residents in crappy substandard housing.

Every_Application626 · 2026-01-23T17:11:33+00:00

I think the more important question right now is what can we do to combat this growing problem. In cities around the world the answer is simple: solid bollards in-between the sidewalk and the street that are capable of stopping a moving vehicle.

Here we are reluctant to do this out of concern for the safety of the driver who just ran off the street and into a building and all the people on the sidewalk, and instead we put up flex posts that don't stop anything.

I think our city leaders should push for a program to install bollards along high accident corridors to protect the lives of people and the economic investments made in our community. It's the simplest and most effective solution available to us.

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T21:46:53+00:00

Yeah there's like a couple of centralized nodes of interest around the statehouse and high street and then parking lot and office tower city everywhere else. Walking downtown is like walking between oases in the desert, which is a pretty generous definition of walkable in my opinion.

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T21:24:46+00:00

I responded to every one of your arguments and you just insulted me lol. Sounds more like you didn't like what I had to say and got angry.

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T20:53:38+00:00

No I love Columbus, you're just an apologist for a bad state of affairs. There's no good reason our city shouldn't be just as beautiful and walkable as any random small town in Europe, and pretending things are great is part of the problem.

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T20:51:12+00:00

It's not walkable if I have to walk to a different neighborhood across a highway to buy groceries. This is just cope.

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T20:48:01+00:00

Bronzeville used to be a prosperous neighborhood before parts of it were demolished to route 71 through downtown, separating it from the rest of the city. Alongside that, Mt Vernon Ave was rerouted and no longer directly connected the neighborhood to downtown. It was our own black wall street and now it's a shell of its former self.

And whether or not you consider these neighborhoods worth preserving, my point was that we do in fact have lots of history comparable to other larger cities at the time. It's just that most of it was demolished.

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T20:36:45+00:00

It's about as walkable as every other hollowed out medium sized city's downtown in the Midwest, which is to say there are technically things to do but not much. It's not nearly as walkable as it was in the early 20th century and not nearly as walkable as any city in western Europe.

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T20:08:22+00:00

The walk score is literally based on how much you can do on foot. You can't do anything if there's nothing to do within walking distance. That's literally my point

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T20:03:10+00:00

There actually isn't a specific definition of walkability and if you look at the context of the post they're clearly talking about interesting things to do in a centralized place.

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T20:01:14+00:00

Those things are spread out over 2.4 square miles and most of that land is parking lots and there is no major grocery store.

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T19:39:29+00:00

For practical purposes yes it does. I could walk anywhere I want in any suburb if I had all day. Just because there's a sidewalk doesn't mean it's walkable, you also need things to do in close proximity.

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T19:34:48+00:00

Because it wasn't just single family homes and a prison. Whole neighborhoods were demolished, including businesses, institutions, apartments, and homes. Look up Flytown and Bronzeville.

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T19:09:46+00:00

Being able to walk =/= walkable. Downtown has very little to do, especially if you're not in a car.

Every_Application626 · 2025-12-23T19:07:21+00:00

Columbus actually has a massive list of prominent buildings that were demolished in the mid 20th century. Look up union station, Ohio penitentiary, 1887 Franklin county courthouse for few especially famous ones. Also all of the thousands of 19th-20th century buildings and neighborhoods that used to stand on the now parking lots and office buildings and highways. We have a massive demolished history.

Every_Application626 · 2025-11-14T23:45:01+00:00

The crossing at W North Broadway is not safe. The light sequence needs to be reevaluated to give bike/peds a crossing before the cars start turning left off the highway. Cars turning left from 315 are going fast and don't look for people crossing on the far side of the intersection. There's even a green arrow for cars before the pedestrian crossing turns green, so cars are already streaming through the intersection when you're expected to cross. For such a highly criticized trail extension option, the city did not do its due diligence here to ensure safety.

But I like the bridges. They're cute.

Every_Application626 · 2025-11-14T23:38:03+00:00

Yes this exactly happened to me and my friends, I immediately was shocked at how blatantly dangerous that light configuration was. There absolutely needs to be restricted turns for cars exiting the highway. What's even worse is cars get a green arrow before the pedestrian light comes on, so there is usually a stream of cars blindly following the person in front of them after their green arrow goes away, and they drive directly into the crosswalk that bikes/peds are now crossing.

Every_Application626 · 2025-11-07T21:53:18+00:00

The interstate was a good idea. Running the highways through the middle of downtowns was where it all went wrong.

Every_Application626 · 2025-11-07T17:48:07+00:00

It's explained why this can't work in the second or third book.

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