[OSM-newbies] pedestrian or footway?

[Paul Johnson]

Charlotte Wolter wrote:

> Paul,
>
>          No city planner was involved in the development of Venice. 
> It was done in the 1910s or 1920s, before city planners did much in LA.

Aah, I'm a little surprised, the area seemed much more recently built
when I lived in Sylmar.

>          As for lacking appeal, the walk streets of Venice are 
> very-expensive, difficult-to-obtain places to live.

I keep forgetting about the Californian propensity to live in poorly
designed communities.

> Of course, the 
> fact that the walk streets end at the Pacific Ocean  and Venice Beach 
> might have something to do with it.

IIRC, the streets don't end at the Pacific Ocean in Venice, most
terminate against Ocean Front Walk, a cycleway.  Coincidentally, one I
wouldn't touch with a 60 foot pole because the police seem more
concerned with perfecting their tans than they are with enforcing a safe
flow of traffic on Ocean Front Walk (pedestrians routinely ignore the
through lanes, walking down the middle of the street, cyclists often
ride in the oncoming lanes illegally, all while the local police smoke
cigarettes and stare blankly at the sun...)