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Scramble intersections can fix this. Let all pedestrians in every direction go first, then coordinate cars, then back to pedestrians. https://en.wikipedia.org/
by Swizec 4y ago
Scramble intersections can fix this. Let all pedestrians in every direction go first, then coordinate cars, then back to pedestrians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_scramble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_scramble
And I thought 2nd paragraph from Wikipedia offers an interesting insight on cultural priorities:
> It was first used in Canada and the United States in the late 1940s, but it later fell out of favor with traffic engineers there, as it was seen as prioritizing flow of pedestrians over flow of car traffic. Its benefits for pedestrian amenity and safety have led to new examples being installed in many countries in recent years
- scrumbledober 4y agoI think they still do, but they at least used to have this in the SF Financial District, it was always fun walking out to lunch with hordes of people all crossing the street whichever way they wanted, including diagonally through the intersection.
- jlmorton 4y agoThey really need to put down some "suggested path" markings.
- ghaff 4y agoIn big eastern US cities, there's been much more of a "whatever won't get you run down" approach to intersections than was historically the case out west. At least a couple decades ago, western cities had a reputation for ticketing pedestrians for crossing against lights that would have been laughable in e.g. NYC.
- borbulon 4y ago9 years ago when I worked in Downtown Seattle, crossing against the light could get you a ticket, even at 630 in the morning. Nobody was driving, and they still insisted that you wait.
- FpUser 4y agoWe have this type of intersection in Toronto, Canada. Yonge & Bloor I think.