Comments on: Decatur Plans 8 New Faux-Brick Crosswalks

By: Christian

Christian — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:10:18 +0000

Salt Lake City has these funny little pedestrian flags that anyone crossing in the crosswalk can take and wave around while they are crossing the street and then drop them off in another receptacle on the opposite side. They are pretty hilarious and make for good color guard imitations while one saunters across the street.

As far as dangerous…the crossing at the old Tossed location is even worse. I think people gun their engines at the green light to speed up and hit people in the cross walk. That whole stretch from Commerce to the courthouse is pretty dangerous given that people who work at Emory are always crossing at Quiznos instead of going to either cross walk.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:27:29 +0000

The Scott Blvd resurfacing were State $$, not City, and, as someone who travels Ponce several times a week, it was needed.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:08:14 +0000

Yeah, sounds expensive. Plus I think the original concern might be a bit overstated. Though the new, red sidewalks might not be quite as visable to a newcomer, anyone that drives down Ponce everyday now probably drives a bit slower through that area because of the new sidewalk. If we’re really concerned about providing more contrast with the street, more white paint isn’t all that expensive.

By: newbie

newbie — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:39:15 +0000

Some I believe are solar powered, no tie in to infrastructure needed…(I think that’s how Athens are…not sure though).

doesn’t negate the fact they cost more though, but if we throw tax dollars at resurfacing a previously perfectly fine Scott Blvd…why not?

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:14:35 +0000

Those do look kind of cool but I think part of why the city was happy to pursue these is because of how they’re relatively inexpensive. Adding electronic infrastructure might skew the pricing outside our budget.