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Your gas bills are going up again, #Denton. We also have some interesting, local data points from an upcoming report on #pedestrian/#cycling safety.

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“A transportation system designed for humans should be designed for human flaws: it should be safe when we are at our worst and least attentive, not only when we are vigilant.”

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/8/23/everyone-involved-was-following-the-law

#Transit #Urbanism #SanFrancisco #Muni #Pedestrian #VisionZero #StrongTowns

So that's it for my #rant about #road #planning in the #UK.

I should have remembered that #motorists keep all the rights in this country, that when turning off the main road many will execute the crossing #pedestrian with a sense of offended righteousness - and that this is even enshrined into road signs.

I don't think I'll want to #cycle again in #Britain until they paint zebra crossings at each and every intersection. Which it'd take a revolution to make happen...

6/6

Out and about in the Northern Quarter city centre Manchester. Some areas closed to traffic,but as a whole too car centric to be comfortable walking around.

#NorthernQuarter
#Manchester
#Walking
#Pedestrian

#UnitedStates

From the National Association of City #Transportation Officials (NACTO):

"It’s time to reshape the federal document that shapes U.S. #streets—the Manual on Uniform #Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)...which hasn’t been substantially updated in over half a century. The federal government is in the final stages of updating MUTCD....Here are the key changes we’ll be looking out for." https://nacto.org/2023/08/14/reshape-the-mutcd/

#BikeTooter #USA

#TrafficSafety #Bikeways #BikeLanes #BusLanes #AutonomousVehicles #Pedestrian #Cyclist #SpeedLimits #Crosswalks #Intersections #BikeBoxes #UrbanPlanning #CompleteStreets #Bike #Walk #Bus #PublicTransport

In 1983, a driver turning his delivery van from eastbound 24th Street to southbound Mission in San Francisco ran over my foot. He didn't have great visibility and was trying to beat the crowd crossing Mission at the green.

Looking back, I've always said that it was good I wasn't pushing a stroller.

Maybe some intersections need both right and left turn on green arrow, and those arrows only on when no #pedestrian traffic is allowed to cross.
I don't know.
This is sad.
#trafficdeath

https://sfba.social/@SafeStreetRebel/110897486705719745

#SaudiArabia #tourism #pedestrian #infrastructure #Medina #urbanism #urbanplanning #walk #walking #culture

https://youtu.be/gLaUMQGSk6M

Being a #pedestrian in #Medina #SaudiArabia

https://youtu.be/IncM0Vhw_M0

#urbanism #urbanplanning #walk #walking #streets #markets

How to encourage pedestrians:

#Phoenix #AZ #PhoenixAZ #Pedestrian

#Aberdeen businesses think fewer #cars will make the #city centre less appealing. Have they never seen a #pedestrian zone?
https://news.stv.tv/north/aberdeen-businesses-fear-new-bus-gates-to-curb-car-use-make-city-centre-less-appealing

Work on #bike #bicycle #pedestrian #infrastructure in #Riyadh #SaudiArabia
#urbanplanning #urbanism

https://www.threads.net/@saudiprojects/post/Cvro8y6Ilv7/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

🌟 MCDOT Installs Pedestrian Beacons🌟

Hybrid Pedestrian Beacons, also known as pedestrian hybrid beacons or high-intensity activated crosswalk (HAWK) beacons, are traffic safety devices that are pedestrian activated and help protect bicyclists and pedestrians by stopping traffic.

Details▶️ https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT/Projects/AutomatedPedBeacon.html

Video▶️ https://youtu.be/_CYcxQRd5Qs
#MontgomeryCountyMD #safety #pedestriansafety #pedestrian #Maryland #transit #transitTooter #HAWKSignal #bethesdamd #rockvillemd #silverspringmd

Aug 2 meeting agenda and packet now available - #Bicycle & #Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee meeting, #Transportation Agency for #Monterey County: https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeAdvocacy

#DailyBloggingChallenge (04/10)

A topic that is quite dear to me is the question:

When should one map a separate sidewalk in #OpenStreetMap?

In general there are two schemas:

(A) one maps it directly with road by using the sidewalk key, or
(B) one maps it as a separate way

For simple cases the (A) schema suffices, though for detail heavy cases, schema (B) is a better choice.

Examples of a simple case: the #sidewalk has the exact same surface and smoothness quality for the whole section.

It starts becoming problematic when either the surface and/or smoothness changes. Since each alteration will create an additional node onto the road. If it is one or two additions it might be acceptable but any more than that might question the sanity of throwing so much data onto the road. And this doesn’t even concern with how the surface, smoothness, lanes count, bicycle lanes, etc are dealt on the road. If one pulled this to the extremes one would have so many nodes that one would quickly lose the oversight of which way section belongs to which feature and would be more prone that the wrong section would be altered.

This problem didn’t mention how one would handle crossings or curb height or bus/tram stops or green spaces or any other amenity and POIs combinations between the sidewalk and road. The deeper one dives into all the potential possibilities that could exist, one quickly realized that schema (B) is the only sensible answer.

More responses/discussions about the topic can found here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/deptho/diary/401906

#pedestrian

Quiet, foggy Saturday morning in #Provincetown for some people watching & a quick traffic count at the Library. In 15 minutes, there were 42 people on bikes, 164 people walking, and 26 cars. #BikeTooter #traffic #modeshare #bicycle #pedestrian #cars #CounterPointApp

Just listened to an interview w/ @JessieSinger on #pedestrian #traffic fatalities in the US.

As a #blind person, I often think my most likely cause of death will be getting pasted by an SUV. The young-adult child of a friend recently had their foot run over by a pickup while crossing (with the signal!). Luckily, they will only need surgery and not a pine box.

Moral: Rational individual choices aren't necessarily optimal overall.

Looking at you, anti-regulation market fundamentalists.

the only right usage of beg buttons

#BegButton #DrinkingWater #BikeTooter #Pedestrian

Why are there more #pedestrian deaths now than ever?
https://theweek.com/transportation/1024604/why-are-there-more-pedestrian-deaths-now-than-ever

@MHowell
Thanks, the WP article on #Tesla linked from your link is great
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/10/tesla-autopilot-crashes-elon-musk/

But still. One shouldn't consider the #pedestrian and #cyclist fatalities are due to technical glitches - technologists will always promise version n+1 will do miracles.
It's a matter of policy and political will to apply the law, improve the law, change the #road #infrastructure, and change the minds.

#roadSafety #carCulture #shareTheRoad #SafeStreetsForAll

#FossilFuel lingo:What does #Caltrans call a #pedestrian, a mobile obstruction device? They call #trees Unmovable Obstruction Devices.