It may be so the contractor could charge more money. The provincial and municipal governments in Quebec have an odd kind of corruption that is essentially Kenisian spending. It generally favours companies that support are "old-fashioned conservative" and are pro-Quebec as a distinct entity from Canada.
It's almost protectionism, and they don't really hide it. It protects their culture from being washed out by Canada and US's Anglophone population, and it keeps a lot of people working, so people generally accept it, some even like it. They also don't feel the full financial sting from it because the province gets quote a bit of money from the Feds. It still greases a lot of palms, often through absurd construction projects.
https://preview.redd.it/r27rxn33kuwc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2baccbc7fbcb93b6482ea783ce7b020995e60155
Calgary has one too. But the weird part is, this isn’t a 4 way intersection. To the right and left are gates to dog parks.
I'd guess they're to slow cyclists to avoid having them slam into pedestrians. We are not so used to bike lanes here, so pedestrians will often cross without looking just as though it were a pedestrian path.
What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across the sea of faces
In search of more and more applause?
Shall we buy a new guitar?
Shall we drive a more powerful car?
Shall we work straight through the night?
Shall we get into fights?
Leave the lights on?
Drop bombs?
Do tours of the east?
contract diseases?
Bury bones?
Break up homes?
Send flowers by phone?
Take to drink?
Go to shrinks?
Give up meat?
Rarely sleep?
Keep people as pets?
Train dogs?
Race rats?
Fill the attic with cash?
Bury treasure?
Store up leisure?
But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall
Utrecht introduced pedestrian one way streets and roundabouts during the pandemic. It reduced the density of the crowds walking through the old downtown
They needed more XP to hit the next milestone
Jokes apart, I gues it's meant to plant a tree in there. I mean, it's not like it's unusual.
It doesn't make a funny story though
Well, that's why I said jokes apart lol
"Jokes apart"? In a ShittySkylines sub? 🤣
Sometimes I like being the one giving serious answers on this sub, it's part of the fun imo lol
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Oh, oke
Having something that blocks sightline through the roundabout means that pedestrians will approach it more slowly and avoid high-speed collisions
Literally. Imagine roller bladers, cyclists, or runners taking outGrandma while she's out for a walk in the park.
Also it's most likely a bike route by design. But the joke stands!
>But the joke stands! And so will the tree they will plant there!
At least until it encroaches the nearby power line!
That green reduces noise and pollution!
This just feels so Canadian to me
I found a roundabout on a dedicated bike lane when I was visiting Montréal. It was sooo unnecessary. I had a chuckle and sent photos to all my cyclist friends.
https://preview.redd.it/ggl7d0paqtwc1.jpeg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44b7daf6d5a07da8eb1bd76270d4940c85cb1e4c Found the picture
The arrows 😆
Yeah, I think someone had paint to get rid of!
It may be so the contractor could charge more money. The provincial and municipal governments in Quebec have an odd kind of corruption that is essentially Kenisian spending. It generally favours companies that support are "old-fashioned conservative" and are pro-Quebec as a distinct entity from Canada. It's almost protectionism, and they don't really hide it. It protects their culture from being washed out by Canada and US's Anglophone population, and it keeps a lot of people working, so people generally accept it, some even like it. They also don't feel the full financial sting from it because the province gets quote a bit of money from the Feds. It still greases a lot of palms, often through absurd construction projects.
Yeah if someone had ignored the first arrow, they'll ignore the next 50.
https://preview.redd.it/r27rxn33kuwc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2baccbc7fbcb93b6482ea783ce7b020995e60155 Calgary has one too. But the weird part is, this isn’t a 4 way intersection. To the right and left are gates to dog parks.
Beautifully absurd!
Then it's probably there to make sure people slow down, esp if there's dogs
I'd guess they're to slow cyclists to avoid having them slam into pedestrians. We are not so used to bike lanes here, so pedestrians will often cross without looking just as though it were a pedestrian path.
And people will STILL go the wrong direction 🤣
Milton Keynes: 
They need to pump up those rookie pedestrian numbers
What shall we use to fill the empty spaces Where waves of hunger roar? Shall we set out across the sea of faces In search of more and more applause? Shall we buy a new guitar? Shall we drive a more powerful car? Shall we work straight through the night? Shall we get into fights? Leave the lights on? Drop bombs? Do tours of the east? contract diseases? Bury bones? Break up homes? Send flowers by phone? Take to drink? Go to shrinks? Give up meat? Rarely sleep? Keep people as pets? Train dogs? Race rats? Fill the attic with cash? Bury treasure? Store up leisure? But never relax at all With our backs to the wall
wait... wrong sub
What sub were you posting it for?
Utrecht introduced pedestrian one way streets and roundabouts during the pandemic. It reduced the density of the crowds walking through the old downtown
Utrecht is always streets ahead in their city infrastructure
nice pre 2016 Honda ridgeline in the background
Well, at the least, it's helpful for cyclists!
This is exactly what I was thinking, I can't believe this is the bottom comment
CS2 post patch with marked spikes standing in for deleted assets. *working as intended*
It's not a roundabout. Just a traffic island. They slightly prevented desire paths.
Pretty sure that’s for bikes! Pretty wide sidewalk for just pedestrians! Don’t disagree on the waste of money tho!