“Infrastructure should be designed thoughtfully to provide the best quality of life for all. Restricting motorized vehicles has taken on an almost ideological bent among urban "planners" who think they know best. Yet they ignore the expressed preference of the vast majority.
Fiddling with a unique and vibrant part of a community should have to clear a very high bar that addresses an overwhelming problem. The "problem" that this purports to solve is not nearly as acute as the proponents claim, and the "solution" will create a cascade of community issues that will be significantly worse.
Transportation planners do not get to dictate how people *should* live their lives according to the planners' utopian visions.”