I was watching City TV and they had a story about fire truck access being the blame for extent of a fire in downtown Toronto. Recent reno's to a complex off of Queen St. had required upgrading of a laneway for rear access. Of course it's the laneways fault for restricting firetruck access, not the size of the vehicles. Kate made a good point, "What do the do in Paris or other places in Europe?" Unfortunately North America suffers from a little too much of function determining size. For example, take a look at baby buggies. Holy Cow, what has happened? Try fitting one of the new style carriages into your new Mini. Better go out and buy that GMC Yukon XL. You'll need it!
No wonder our Cities are getting a big dose of the uglies! We need a new mantra, we need a little of size restricting development. Let's make our streets 3m wide and design accordingly.
Baby buggies? Don't get me started.
