i'm a big fan of mixed-use streets. for example, on a 6-lane street, you'd have sidewalks for foot traffic, 1 grade-separated lane each way for bikes/scooters, 1 protected lane each way for buses, and 1 lane each way for cars, with the car lane being progressively congestion-priced (by income/wealth so that you don't completely shut out the poor from driving into the city when necessary).
for efficiency and traffic calming, narrow the car lane to 9-10 ft wide (rather than the typical 11-12 ft in the US), but leave 11-12 ft wide lanes for buses (and emergency vehicles). 6-8 ft bike lanes allows 2-abreast biking/scootering. widen sidewalks and plant trees along all of them. there should be no free street parking, except for the disabled (and maybe temporary commercial use), limited to side streets rather than major thoroughfares.
i'm cheering for LA to do this, with it's awesome weather, endlessly-wide streets, and bad and worsening traffic.
for efficiency and traffic calming, narrow the car lane to 9-10 ft wide (rather than the typical 11-12 ft in the US), but leave 11-12 ft wide lanes for buses (and emergency vehicles). 6-8 ft bike lanes allows 2-abreast biking/scootering. widen sidewalks and plant trees along all of them. there should be no free street parking, except for the disabled (and maybe temporary commercial use), limited to side streets rather than major thoroughfares.
i'm cheering for LA to do this, with it's awesome weather, endlessly-wide streets, and bad and worsening traffic.