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Originally Posted by Marathon Man
And just what do you suggest for them to be "designed to be safer"?? Easy to say someone should do something. Harder to come up with an answer yourself. Maybe you think that they should not have any turns and only go in a straight line? By the way, you should not believe something just because one person said so. That path is not different than any other.
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Here are some...
No blind corners. Clear landscaping and keep road signage and walls apart from paths. For example going east on McNeill, approaching Bexley, there is a huge village name sign in the street median, completely blocking cart's view of oncoming vehicles.
Avoid 90 degree turns where a curve could be used. These are easy to spot in many places.
Widen path at sharp turns. Simple no-brainer. A turning cart requires a wider width.
Don't make paths zig zag when a straight route is available. Avoids situations were oncoming carts are driving directly towards your cart (before they would curve right), with their headlights blinding you.
Put signage far ahead of areas where a turn might be needed. For example, at many tunnels the turn area also has signage saying which way each direction heads. Takes eyes off the road. Also use larger fonts to improve readability at further distances. Place lower so headlights illuminate them.
Locate entry/exit of tunnels further away from the T where they intersect the ramps, instead of having near zero distance between tunnel and access path. Not only is this a hard turn, there is no extra space, lousy sight lines, and blind spots.
None of these examples were hard to think about.
Just because they have not put any thought about safer designs in the past does not mean they should continue to do it the same old way. Being smart with designs costs nothing.