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The new law permits pedestrians to cross a roadway at any point, including outside of a crosswalk. It also allows for crossing against traffic signals and specifically states that doing so is no longer a violation of the city’s administrative code. But the new law also warns that pedestrians crossing outside of a crosswalk do not have the right of way and that they should yield to other traffic that has the right of way.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think you might have picked a bad community to share your sympathies for smooth car traffic, I’m afraid.

For what it’s worth, I think it’s reasonable enough to forbid pedestrians from crossing high-speed (60+ mph) roads, but otherwise they should have full right of way over any road, and fuck the cars. They can just be patient and deal with it.

[–] SatouKazuma 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But what if those roads didn't have to exist at all. We could replace those with dedicated high speed rail corridors.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Which, presumably, you’d also restrict people from walking on :P

[–] SatouKazuma 3 points 3 weeks ago

Those take up much less space, and can be built around.

[–] stupidcasey 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe, but the alternative is unrealistic and simply not the reality we Live in.(at least in the United States)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

That’s how every progressive movement starts, until activists make them reality. If it’s a good idea, it’s a good idea - and if that’s not the way that things are done, the question stops being “is this a good idea”, and starts being “how can we implement this good idea”.