Look how frequent the streetcars are!
That’s pretty crummy urbanism though, streetcars notwithstanding. Is this the 1960s?
The streets are very wide - three lines each way - even though that capacity is apparently not needed. The car lanes are very wide and very straight, making the cars speed from red light to red light. This creates an unpleasant, dangerous space for pedestrians and cyclists. Steal one lane each side from motorists (which they can easily afford) and make a protected bike lane.
see the blue-grey haze? that’s car exhaust before emission controls and in time of leaded gasoline
should be a beautiful metropolis by now, but ya know… the cia exists.
Why are the streetcars in the middle of the road?
Shouldn’t they be on the sides so people don’t have to play frogger to get to them?
The streetcar rails probably predate the dominance of the car. Before cars came along, traffic on most city streets was about 3 MPH, maybe 10 MPH at most. Take a look at the “A Trip Down Market Street” video taken in 1906 SF just before the big earthquake. It looks like chaos but it actually worked fairly well.
