Some places, like college campuses, will avoid putting any paths in at all in the beginning, wait a few weeks, and then pave based off where people are already going.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 21 points 6 months ago

There's a story that urban engineers in... Sweden(?) look at the ground after fresh snow to judge where to install walking pavement

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 9 points 6 months ago

Not always, the gradient might not be good for wheelchairs, and could cost more to level when there is a full budget.

Granted this does not appear to be the case here. Desire paths will always exist, though, as the ingenuity of a subset of the many will always outweigh the few.

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Desirule path

[–] itsnicodegallo@lemm.ee 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I loved the desirepaths subreddit. It's a shame it's, ya know, a subreddit.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 25 points 6 months ago

!desire_paths@sh.itjust.works

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 6 months ago

Shortcut to help leave the UK faster

[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There’s a lot of these in the UK, I can think of a bunch just in my own town. We seem to really dislike corners.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Well, corners are not very natural, and we were made to traverse in natural environments such as forests or grasslands.

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It looks like there's no walkway along that street anyway, so why go to the corner just to walk on grass anyway?

Edit: just noticed the whole thing is a walking path. Disregard.