Monday, April 16, 2007
Follow the street pattern
Some pedestrians have a superstition that to survive they have to walk on the white stripes when crossing the street. Others like to feel free and make a slanting walk between the crossings or to demonstrate an independent way of life and avoid excessive regulations.
The traffic authorities do the best to make pedestrian crossings safe by painting stripes in the asphalt. In the historic city patterns of stones in different colours can be used to make the crossings permanent visible.
In this case you can wonder why the dark stripes consists of 5 stones and the white stipes have 6 stones. White stones are expected to be more expensive, so the white stripes also should have had 5. But someone has decided that there must be 6 to get a safer crossing?
At the train platform another pattern on the ground is observed. The guidelines are made for universal design reasons so weakeyed persons can find the right way. But the linepoints must be maintained so the guidelines can contine to be a safe arrangement for dependant users.
The traffic authorities do the best to make pedestrian crossings safe by painting stripes in the asphalt. In the historic city patterns of stones in different colours can be used to make the crossings permanent visible.In this case you can wonder why the dark stripes consists of 5 stones and the white stipes have 6 stones. White stones are expected to be more expensive, so the white stripes also should have had 5. But someone has decided that there must be 6 to get a safer crossing?At the train platform another pattern on the ground is observed. The guidelines are made for universal design reasons so weakeyed persons can find the right way. But the linepoints must be maintained so the guidelines can contine to be a safe arrangement for dependant users. # posted by syklisten - il ciclista @ 12:43 PM 
