http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Curse of the right-angle en Sun, 17 May 2026 05:48:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9410#post-98938 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:44:49 +0000 kaputnik 98938@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@PS undoubtedly some of it is that, however you only have to go near a newly "designed" housing estate or shopping shed to be confronted with the same thing - everything running in a series of endless right angles that seem to confound you ever getting where you want to go. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9410#post-98932 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:46:53 +0000 PS 98932@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think a lot of the right angle stuff is based on the concept of ensuring that fleshy bodies don't go shooting out in front of 2 tonne bringers of death. They'll argue it's a "safety first" thing, but it's also a "car first" thing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9410#post-98915 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:53:43 +0000 kaputnik 98915@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've often struggled to put into words my utter frustration at the urban planner's obsession with building right-angles into every single piece of walking and cycling infrastructure possible. This diagram by my friend over at Copenhagenzine illustrates it perfectly;</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16nine/8415594735/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8371/8415594735_30603b1b6f.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16nine/8415594735/">A Short History of Traffic Engineering</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/16nine/">Mikael Colville-Andersen</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>It also captures that the cycle/foot path only being as good as what it's connected to. </p>