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[–] [email protected] 72 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

This indicates bad design.

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.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 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.