The Path of Most Desire

Rule breaking - or crowd-sourced urban design?

If you follow urbanist discussion, you’ve likely heard of “desire paths.” But maybe not. This piece is for you.

“Desire paths” are actually one of the more interesting urbanist ideas I’ve come across. This isn’t some policy wonkery. It’s pretty simple: a “desire path” is an informal path people take, as opposed to the official path, in a property or alon…