Downtown pedestrian/cyclist issues thread

[TheTed]

Imagine narrow European-style roadways shared by pedestrians, cyclists and cars, all traveling at low speeds. Sidewalks made of recycled rubber in different colors under sleek energy-efficient lamps. Mini-islands jutting into the street, topped by trees and landscaping, designed to further slow traffic and add a dash of green.
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Urban planners say that the document is long overdue, and that it promises to be as much a map to the future as it is a handbook for the present: getting people to think about streets as not just thoroughfares for cars, but as public spaces incorporating safety, aesthetics, environmental and community concerns.

New York City issues street design manual

This sounds great and it also sounds like the exact opposite of Tulsa streets.

[TheTed]

We need some right turn on red enforcement in this city. If you try to cross at the crosswalk at Riverside and Denver, there's at least a 75% chance somebody will come flying through that crosswalk turning right off Riverside onto Denver when you have the walk signal.

I'm not sure why more tickets aren't given out for things other than speeding. It takes about 30 seconds of watching traffic to see somebody doing something illegal: not signaling, changing three lanes in one movement, stopping in the crosswalk, failing to grasp the concept of right on red, etc.