Topic: Crosswalks
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How You Cross the Street Largely Depends on Where You're From
French pedestrians take more "risks" at crosswalks than the Japanese, says a new study.
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Photos
What We Can Learn About Walkability From Looking at Pictures
Images of Seattle and Barcelona offer fresh insight into the way pedestrians interact with the built environment.
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Beijing Tries to 'Rectify' Jaywalkers: This Week in Bans
Also, Albuquerque is left vulnerable after outlawing barbed wire and a British ice cream-truck driver who rocked too hard is shut down.
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Videos
The Best Way to Deal With Crosswalk-Blocking Drivers Ever
If common courtesy can't be relied upon, these beefy Brazilian martial artists can.
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The Gayest Crosswalk Ever
Now there's always a rainbow at the intersection of San Vicente and Santa Monica.
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Photos
A Crosswalk You Can Roll Up and Carry Away
Urban hacker Florian Rivière makes the streets of France his playground with movable crosswalks, pigeon traps and a shopping-cart soccer field.
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Removing Signals and Signs from Intersections Just Might Make Us Safer
The Shared Spaces theory has started to catch on in Europe, but will Americans ever buy it?
