Comment 97600

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted February 13, 2014 at 17:22:58 in reply to Comment 97599

Actually, even the Ontario traffic Engineers guidelines say that crosswalks should be no more than 200m apart in urban areas (and their guidelines are not particularly pedestrian friendly).

Just looking at the street design shows us that it is not pedestrian friendly, and that it makes it difficult to find safe street crossing points, especially for an elderly person who cannot walk fast or has slow reflexes. The assumptions are just basic deductions from how the street design influences behaviour. I interpreted "going to the coffee shop" as shorthand for "doing errands on foot".

I think the point of the article is precisely not to determine who is "at fault", but to point out that this type of road design makes pedestrian injuries and fatalities inevitable. And that it doesn't have to be this way.

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2014-02-13 17:23:20

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