Comments on: Broken Sidewalks: Doing It In The Road

By: The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » News Briefs

The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » News Briefs — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:18:56 +0000

[...] friends over at Broken Sidewalk have a great post on how sidewalks are often polluted with poles and other obstructions that would never be tolerated [...]

By: Jax Rhapsody

Jax Rhapsody — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:48:03 +0000

Yeah that first picture is where Bardstown rd, Chestnut and Jefferson converge. Theres also a wierd traffic pattern too.

The second picture is on Chestnut by JCTC. The Tiny parking structure to a nearby warehouse or whatever that building is in the background behind it. Or both. That sign could be put on the street light, no vehicle over 6′8 can pull in there anyway.

I dont know where that telephone is in the highlands but alot of the sidewalks are like that there and a few more all over the city.

By: Branden

Branden — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:44:32 +0000

Good point. There isn’t any pedestrian access to the street from this corner. There aren’t any crosswalks either. To cross, a pedestrian would have to walk 500 feet to the end of the next block in either direction and 500 feet back (or of course, cut through the grass and jaywalk).

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:31:22 +0000

And where is the pedestrian supposed to leave the sidewalk to cross the street? I don’t see any walkway/ramp section leading to the street. Of course, some might say it’s not safe to cross that street, so regardless of where the pedestrian might be attempting to go, they should continue to walking until they get to a better crossing point. Or would that result in them going around the block and ending up at the same location again?

By: Places That Please, December 19, 2008 « The Art of Placemaking

Places That Please, December 19, 2008 « The Art of Placemaking — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:39:16 +0000

[...] Broken Sidewalks – This blog from Louisville, KY, shows something that cities do in sidewalks all the time that [...]

By: Vooch

Vooch — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:35:54 +0000

what’s more expensive to build a lane of traffic or a sidewalk ?

also note in the first photo – the radius of the corner is simply huge. It makes a pedestrian crossing the street have to walk through that much more traffic in order to get to the other side.

By: TrafficSignal

TrafficSignal — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:53:18 +0000

As a traffic engineer & traffic signal designer, I would say whoever designed that first pic should be shot – and I’m pretty sure its not ADA compliant – as far as I can tell sidewalks should have 5 ft clear space at all times, or provisions for a “passing” area. Its not inadvertant design, its just simply not paying attention to detail.

As for the rest of your argument for wider sidewalks, unfortunately given the budgetary constraints of local government, the sidewalks are a very expensive item that is easy to cut.

By: The Urbanophile

The Urbanophile — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:57:53 +0000

Sadly, Indiana is famous for this as well.

By: Streetsblog » Streetsblog Network: No Way to Build a Sidewalk

Streetsblog » Streetsblog Network: No Way to Build a Sidewalk — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:48:58 +0000

[...] Photo from Broken Sidewalk.Today on the Streetsblog Network, we check in with the good people at Broken Sidewalk in Louisville, KY, who are talking about — you guessed it — sidewalks. More specifically, how [...]

By: Dressed In Value: Broken sidewalk

Dressed In Value: Broken sidewalk — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:10:27 +0000

[...] folks at Broken Sidewalk have exposed an interesting design problem. Oblivious non-design. Sidewalks with pedestrians not in mind. [...]