Desire Paths

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Desire paths Desire paths can be paths created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The paths usually represent the shortest or most easily navigated routes between origins and destinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path

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Don't know what weirdos would go there on the very same route every time but here we are

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33301417

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Art by https://chazhutton.com/

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Temporary desire (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Jeraxus@lemmy.sdf.org to c/desire_paths@sh.itjust.works
 
 
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It's not just a desire path but also a shortcut that saves you 7km. They are trying to block it but it's coming back on the side.

Edit: Update, how it's going...

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This has got to be the widest desire path I've ever seen, but I'm excited to know if anyone has seen bigger. To my knowledge it's been here for at least 15 years.

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Bicycle/pedestrian path on the Queensboro Bridge in New York City. The two trenches are worn entirely by bicycle tire traffic. These are not car tracks as the width slightly varies later. The city has done zero effort to clean the bridge paths after the snow and almost zero effort to clean protected street bicycle paths. The intended use for this path is for pedestrians to be on the right half (you can see the middle dividing white line if you look for it), and for bicyclists to use the left two quarters. You can notice the yellow line intended to divide the two directions of bicycle traffic, with about 2ft per direction. The actual spacing resulting from natural use is on display and apparently way different.

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Path taken (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to c/desire_paths@sh.itjust.works
 
 

No, Brussels

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Love this one because of all the pigeons, somebody feeds them there and it's always a whole lot of them there, often times just happily fed and chilling.

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Just outside of Pontarlier, France

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Perpignan, France

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Pic taken next to the Frauenberg chapel in Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany. The official path/avenue is too far on the right to be included in the pic, hope this still counts

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Found one (lemmy.ca)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca to c/desire_paths@sh.itjust.works
 
 
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