what an absurd the hipster population taking over spaces of deadly, noisy and polluting vehicles and having the state collaborating with them /j

The logical escalation of desire paths - https://99percentinvisible.org/article/least-resistance-desi...

Title needs (2016) appending

Some DOTs have given official support to Tactical Urbanism, with methods for communities to propose and implement small projects themselves on accelerated timelines like bike lanes or pedestrian crosswalks.

if you want it done right, you often have to do it yourself

There's another side of stuff like this. People living up in the hills above LA near trail heads will put up fake no parking zones in front of their houses. People have gotten real tickets in fake zones.