Putting Pedestrians First: Raised Crosswalks

02008-02-22 | Photos, Santa Fe | 1 comment

Carectomy.com: Removing Cars from People – Putting Pedestrians First: Raised Crosswalks
A raised crosswalk is at a height consistent with the sidewalk, which makes crossing easier; encourages cars to check their speeds in areas with lots of foot traffic; makes pedestrians more visible as they cross the street; and takes back some of the public space from vehicles.

True, but the idea has been around since Roman times – see this photo taken in Pompeii – and today I found this right here in Santa Fe:
22022008584
The crosswalk is even with the sidewalk. It is indeed a great solution because it creates an easy crossing for wheelchairs and baby carriages while slowing down cars.

1 Comment

  1. Carol

    Yours are a little more handicapped accessible it would appear. The Romans really had great engineers and built infrastructures to last. We are way behind them in so many ways I’m afraid.

    Reply

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published.

Archives

Images

Concert Dates

Thu, Jan 18 2024 in Dallas, TX
@ House of Blues

Sat, Jan 20 2024 in Houston, TX
@ House of Blues

Wed, Feb 14 2024 in San Juan Capistrano, CA
@ The Coach House

Thu, Feb 15 2024 in Solana Beach, CA
@ Belly Up

Social

@Mastodon (the Un-Twitter)


Notice: ob_end_flush(): failed to send buffer of zlib output compression (0) in /home/ottmarl/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5277