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Cairo

If you want to know why pedestrian fatalities dominate the global traffic safety picture, this CNN clip from Cairo is one of just many places you could start. And please, Cairo, don’t make the mistake of building pedestrian overpasses and underpasses to “fix” the problem.

(thanks vagabond)

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This entry was posted on Thursday, April 8th, 2010 at 7:48 am and is filed under Pedestrians, Risk, Traffic Engineering. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “Cairo”

  1. Brent Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 9:36 am

    That piece brings back memories of the traffic in front of my Cairo hotel!

  2. Andy Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 10:15 am

    Reminds me of Phnom Penh

  3. Yokota Fritz Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 12:31 pm

    Inspiration for Frogger?

    We should get Lucas Brunelle to go there for another one of his crazy bike videos.

  4. Josh R Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 7:17 pm

    On the other hand… Every driver is forcefully reminded on a constant basis that there are pedestrians all over who can and will walk out in front of them, and the pedestrians can’t take their safety for granted for a single second, so they’re paying attention as well.

    Between this and the US method, which separates the traffic and lulls everyone into thinking they don’t have to be alert, I think I prefer the former by a slight margin. (Obviously a third way would be best, one that keeps everyone alert, but with far fewer deaths.)

  5. Janet Says:
    April 9th, 2010 at 1:08 pm

    They’ve already built overpasses! Last year Egypt sponsored a design competition to solve Ramses Square - hopefully the winner will organize and make the area more pedestrian oriented.

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