skyfaller, 19 days ago @CathyTuttle I'm reminded of how apparently when the Chinese road network deteriorated due to imperial collapse, narrow paved trails that took far less resources to maintain were able to keep civilization running. This worked in part because of Chinese wheelbarrow designs: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/12/how-to-downsize-a-transport-network-the-chinese-wheelbarrow/ And later those narrow paths were used by bicycles!
@CathyTuttle I'm reminded of how apparently when the Chinese road network deteriorated due to imperial collapse, narrow paved trails that took far less resources to maintain were able to keep civilization running. This worked in part because of Chinese wheelbarrow designs: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/12/how-to-downsize-a-transport-network-the-chinese-wheelbarrow/
And later those narrow paths were used by bicycles!