http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/30/agricultural-traffic-calming/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 21 May 2012 18:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/30/agricultural-traffic-calming/#comment-5795 David Hembrow Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:19:36 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=560#comment-5795 We have crossings like this for cyclists. Not only do they allow cyclists to all go at once, with no risk at all of collisions with motor vehicles, but cyclists get two greens per cycle, so have half the waiting time of and more efficient journeys than motorists. I've a <a href="http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2008/08/simultaneous-green.html" rel="nofollow">couple of videos showing the crossings here</a>. We have crossings like this for cyclists. Not only do they allow cyclists to all go at once, with no risk at all of collisions with motor vehicles, but cyclists get two greens per cycle, so have half the waiting time of and more efficient journeys than motorists. I’ve a couple of videos showing the crossings here.

]]> http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/30/agricultural-traffic-calming/#comment-5751 tim in chicago Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:43:20 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=560#comment-5751 Funny. This possibly may be the first, and most popular traffic engineering mondegreen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen Funny. This possibly may be the first, and most popular traffic engineering mondegreen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen

]]> http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/30/agricultural-traffic-calming/#comment-5719 disgruntled Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:59:51 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=560#comment-5719 We have those in the UK. I'm not sure what they're called officially but we call them 'green ninja crossings' because of the awesome powers of the green man (the walk symbol). We have those in the UK. I’m not sure what they’re called officially but we call them ‘green ninja crossings’ because of the awesome powers of the green man (the walk symbol).

]]> http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/30/agricultural-traffic-calming/#comment-5714 2fs Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:22:43 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=560#comment-5714 Ha. I can see "barn-stands" though...in that the square-with-X-through-it pattern delineating these crosswalks might create kinda looks like the side of a barn (planks of wood on borders, an X of planks for reinforcement)... Ha. I can see “barn-stands” though…in that the square-with-X-through-it pattern delineating these crosswalks might create kinda looks like the side of a barn (planks of wood on borders, an X of planks for reinforcement)…

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