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I'd be surprised if students didn't immediately make new paths off the new sidewalks
why would they, desire paths happen because the initial pavements aren't designed well.
Because that's exactly what has happened multiple times at the community college I go to.
Just pave the entire thing at that point (sarcasm) (pls don't do this)
Sadly this seems to be exactly their plan, just as soon as the government gives them another $10*10^6 to lose
We had that in my local park. There was a huge field that everyone walked through because it was much quicker than going around. So they finally made a sidewalk there (not with tarmac though, more like gravel and sand mix). Just a couple of weeks later there was a new path just parallel to this one. My guess is the problem was that the field was a bit hole shaped (sorry I don't know a better term in English) and this, as well just the nature of the sidewalk, led to it accumulating water puddles, and also it just turned into sandy/stoney mud when it rained. For bikes it was also just more comfortable to ride over the grass than over gravel. But it still felt like an asshole move.
True. Personal experience.
"Concave?"