http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/05/17/decatur-police-targeted-crosswalk-offenders-earlier-this-month/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:34:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/05/17/decatur-police-targeted-crosswalk-offenders-earlier-this-month/#comment-390183 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:40:10 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27240#comment-390183 This type of crossing actually has a name. It’s call a Barnes Walk, named after the traffic engineer who thought it up.

]]> http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/05/17/decatur-police-targeted-crosswalk-offenders-earlier-this-month/#comment-390174 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:18:27 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27240#comment-390174 Even better! I think they sound like a fantastic solution.

]]> http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/05/17/decatur-police-targeted-crosswalk-offenders-earlier-this-month/#comment-390170 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:04:58 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27240#comment-390170 Definitely a context-dependent solution, and customizable to some degree. At least in Carlsbad, the signal is ped-activated, so it doesn’t cycle unless there are peds present.

]]> http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/05/17/decatur-police-targeted-crosswalk-offenders-earlier-this-month/#comment-390168 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:59:48 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27240#comment-390168 Scramble signals can be a good choice at intersections that have a lot of pedestrians most times of the day. But at other locations, the additional delay they create is usually not worth the benefits.

]]> http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/05/17/decatur-police-targeted-crosswalk-offenders-earlier-this-month/#comment-389780 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:17:05 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27240#comment-389780 Love. this. One more reason I want to live in Carlsbad!

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