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.

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 8 pts · 2y

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.

reverendsteveii@lemm.ee · 31 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Desirule path

itsnicodegallo@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I loved the desirepaths subreddit. It's a shame it's, ya know, a subreddit.

brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 2y

!desire_paths@sh.itjust.works

thehatfox@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (1 reply)

There’s a lot of these in the UK, I can think of a bunch just in my own town. We seem to really dislike corners.

SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2y

Well, corners are not very natural, and we were made to traverse in natural environments such as forests or grasslands.

TheDoozer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

It looks like there's no walkway along that street anyway, so why go to the corner just to walk on grass anyway?

Edit: just noticed the whole thing is a walking path. Disregard.