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I believe that this study, cited below, has largely been debunked... but
this is a list-server for bicycling concerns so... enough said?<br><br>
At 06:45 PM 1/5/2007, Neal Henderson wrote:<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>Hello All,<br>
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Pedestrian Crosswalks .......
<a href="http://www.azdot.gov/highways/Traffic/XWalk.asp"><b>
http://www.azdot.gov/highways/Traffic/XWalk.asp</a> <br>
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FOREWORD<br>
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The Arizona Department of Transportation's crosswalk policy is based on
research conducted over a seven-year period by the City of San Diego. The
San Diego approach to evaluating crosswalk needs, which resulted from
that research, has resulted in that city being consistently ranked as the
safest pedestrian city in the nation. <b>The San Diego study showed
traffic engineers that nearly six pedestrian accidents were occurring in
marked crosswalks for every one mishap in unmarked crosswalks (those
unpainted crosswalks that exist by State law at all intersections)</b>.
(emphasis added) When this ratio was adjusted in terms of relative
crosswalk usage, there was still an impressive 2 to 1 difference in
accidents. <br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Neal</font></blockquote></body>
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