tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post1696774281297625418..comments2024-03-28T18:25:51.357+00:00Comments on The Ranty Highwayman: Infrastructure Creates CultureThe Ranty Highwaymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-50135985992032478452018-05-30T08:31:11.734+01:002018-05-30T08:31:11.734+01:00I agree that there is too much concentration on ro...I agree that there is too much concentration on routes, partly, I think because they win awards and people can "see" a route the way they can't see a network (easier to open with a press attended ribbon cutting also)<br />I slightly disagree about the leisure routes not being useful for transport. Where I live and work 50% of the area is greenspace and there are several large river valleys. The green routes along these are great leisure routes and also often the best routes for transport, being often more level than roads in the area, and also providing shortcuts that can be 20% the length of the equivalent road route. Add cycle friendly areas and the occasional protected route on a major road and you have an excellent (potential) network.Big Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300239777489976134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-58064064241125284262018-05-27T16:57:05.357+01:002018-05-27T16:57:05.357+01:00As you alluded to roads, cycle and footpaths are n...As you alluded to roads, cycle and footpaths are networks, just like telecommunications networks. In the wired old days there was essentially one route (alternatives possible but difficult/inconvenient). The advent of cellular communications,driven by a military requirement, changed all that. So it is now about nodes, or cellular/mobile masts, and the multiple connections to each. Sounds a bit like road junctions. Your telephone conversation goes through multiple nodes, which will change depending on traffic density (telecommunications term). Sounds like a road network and depending on traffic density (highways term) the route varies between primary route, secondary or back streets (rat running?).<br />The problem for cycling is that they have an incomplete network of primary routes, and the rest are equivalent to a collection of crackly old telephone lines.<br />No easy solutions, not like banging up a new cellular mast. Also like telecommunications, in case anybody hasn't noticed, demand will expand to fit the capacity available.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com