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The Insane Ways Traffic Engineers Try to Make Streets "Safe" For Walking (CityNerd) (piped.video)
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/6168675

RRFBs. HAWK signals. Do any of these devices actually do what they're supposed to do, and how do traffic engineers decide when and where to install them?

As a European, much of this was mind-boggling to me. While I believe all of this is real, I still found myself wondering throughout the video: Is this actually the norm in the US, or are these some cherry-picked bad examples? It felt for me like a whole other level of systemic hostility.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These "boulevards" are properly called stroads and need to all be demolished.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought that's what the guy in the video said but I chalked it up me not hearing him right lol.
Never heard of stroads before. Thanks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Stroads are the abomination that happens when traffic engineers try to build a street and a road at the same time and end up with the drawbacks of both and the advantages of neither. Would you like to know more?