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Textured & Colored Crosswalks: Are they worth the trouble & expense?

Textured & Colored Crosswalks: Are they worth the trouble & expense?. Prepared by Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists LLC Permission to use granted if source quoted. Textured crosswalks: In theory – more visible. In reality?. Bird’s eye perspective - before.

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Textured & Colored Crosswalks: Are they worth the trouble & expense?

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  1. Textured & Colored Crosswalks: Are they worth the trouble & expense? Prepared by Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists LLC Permission to use granted if source quoted Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  2. Textured crosswalks: In theory – more visible. In reality? Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  3. Bird’s eye perspective - before Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  4. Bird’s eye perspective - proposed Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  5. What the pedestrian sees Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  6. What the driver sees Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  7. What the pedestrian sees Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  8. What the driver sees Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  9. What the pedestrian sees Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  10. What the driver sees Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  11. Brick crosswalks: prone to failure, hard on wheelchair users Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  12. Concrete crosswalk: more durable, less visible,hard to build Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  13. Concrete crosswalk: hard to maintain joint between concrete & asphalt. Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  14. Mitigation measures for colored crosswalks Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  15. Supplement textured crosswalks with white lines to increase visibility Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  16. Brick street with asphalt crosswalks Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  17. Idea: imbed white crosswalk within contrasting color Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

  18. Driver perspective: crosswalks show up well Textured crosswalks – Michael Ronkin Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

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