Pedestrian Infrastructure

These two tweets were adjacent in my Twitter feed today:

The true 'pedestrian infrastructure' is the arcade, the water fountain, the bench, the stone floor. What we routinely call 'pedestrian infrastructure' is merely an automotive asylum, the flotsam of cars run amok:


@AsherDeMontreal

Here's a pretty good example of how a lot of pedestrian infrastructure is really auto infrastructure.
Daniel Trubman


$33 million pedestrian bridge built to connect an Atlanta metro station to the NFL stadium across the street. Note the pre-existing crosswalk.

Which one of these two places would you rather find yourself in?