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Well, they were only planning for a built-in, easy way to block off the road temporarily. They didn't have a reason, at the time, to need to plan against a terrorist ramming the crowd with a vehicle. Just something better than temporary mobile barricades needing to be moved in and out basically every night.
On the other hand, this entire scenario shows how ridiculously and needlessly large and dangerous modern trucks are, like the F150 used here. So naturally, that aspect will be completely ignored by the media and politicians.
Except (from the article) ...
And? That doesn't really contradict what I said. There's a TON of shit that gets modeled and never ends up in the final design chosen when designing any infrastructure improvement.
At the time those decisions were made (months ago), I'm sure there were many factors used in weighing what option to go with. Things like:
I'd bet thousands that many of the people complaining now about the fact a simple and now clearly inadequate option is being installed, are the same ones that would complain (or did complain at the time, I don't live in the region, so I don't pay attention to their council meetings) about more expensive options that were likely being considered as well. What got approved is clearly one of the cheapest options available, just above having to put out and bring down mobile barricades every day. When the cheapest option is picked, it's usually because something better than the status quo is necessary but NIMBY-type dipshits were the ones in the council meetings complaining about cost over everything else and effectively controlled the conversation.
Perhaps the news should research and go back through those council meetings and see why this option specifically was chosen/approved. I'm willing to bet we'll see that exact scenario play out.