Comments on: LA Gets Diagonal Crosswalks (again)

By: emrickenoch

emrickenoch — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:50:00 +0000

If you try to chase those cyclists out of the crosswalks, you'll chase them right back into their cars. Mobile Software

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By: vabike

vabike — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:41:25 +0000

@brian: I don't know if you commute in southern CA, but "rolling pedestrian" is the dominant mode there in places where there are lots of bikes - beach towns and around college campuses. For every rider in the street, there are probably 10 more on the sidewalk.

In the past year I've spent many hours walking around the USC campus and across that intersection. I never had a close call with a cyclist, or saw one occur.

My own neighborhood in Newport Beach is the same. Most people ride slowly on slow bikes - beach cruisers with coaster brakes. "Pedestrian pace in a pedestrian space" is the norm, and it works.

Same with Segways, skateboards, and electric wheelchairs.

I'm all for vehicular cycling in the street, but bikes can be, and are, ridden safely elsewhere.

If you try to chase those cyclists out of the crosswalks, you'll chase them right back into their cars.

By: Brian33

Brian33 — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:52:38 +0000

Diagonal crossings are fantastic for pedestrians. They have been used for many years along Colorado Blvd. in old town Pasadena, CA in a popular outdoor retail/restuarant area used by thousands of pedestrians everyday.

By: brian

brian — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:43:01 +0000

cool, except for the cyclists running into pedestrians...bikes belong on the roads, not the sidewalks unless the rider is a kid

i like the ones in sf too, they're very busy (I'm thinking of one in chinatown and one in the financial district) and pedestrians are very safe. cyclists just have to wait like the rest of traffic

for the record, I'm a commuter cyclist myself

By: Diego Garces

Diego Garces — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:59:29 +0000

Wow this is pretty cool!!!! I never heard of such thing....thanks for sharing.

By: Christine Berthet

Christine Berthet — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:30:22 +0000

OMG can you imagine . If LA the capital of the car culture can do it , how come NY, the capital of the walKing culture cannot?
Which 60 's era dinosaur at the DOT is preventing it? Come on Sigourney , it's time to throw Alien off the ship!!!!!