Author here. That is definitely not what I meant to imply at all! I'm sorry if you interpreted it that way.
I love walkability and am an advocate of pedestrian and bike-centric city planning. I wrote that sentence to indicate that the bridge was especially surprising to me given the context of the lack of walkability nearby. i.e., "Why make THIS SPECIFIC PLACE walkable if nothing else around here is?"
Don’t worry, for some reason there is a tiny contingent of people who just HAVE to let you know that they, in fact, know more than you because only THEY know that cars are bad for the environment.
I love walkability and am an advocate of pedestrian and bike-centric city planning. I wrote that sentence to indicate that the bridge was especially surprising to me given the context of the lack of walkability nearby. i.e., "Why make THIS SPECIFIC PLACE walkable if nothing else around here is?"