[sustran] Re: Pelican Crossings!!

Sudhir sudhir at cai-asia.org
Mon Jul 12 18:55:01 JST 2010


Hi Kanthi,

I agree with Ashok.  It has been failure @ may places as nobody acknowledges
it . Also add traffic calming with such elements..

regards
Sudhir



On 12 July 2010 17:50, Ashok Sreenivas <ashok.sreenivas at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Dear Kanthi,
>
> A word of caution based on our experience. Installing pelican crossings by
> themselves don't do much to increase pedestrian safety since most motorists
> *and* pedestrians don't know how to use it - i.e. pedestrians don't know
> how to operate it, and on the rare occasions they do, the resultant red is
> completely ignored by most motorists who are just not used to such
> "non-intersection" signals. So, my suggestion would be to introduce pelican
> signals along with other elements such as signages, awareness building among
> motorists and pedestrians, some amount of enforcement or using temporary
> traffic wardens for a month or so, and maybe even a concurrent pedestrian
> safety campaign in the vicinity of the pelican signals.
>
> Ashok
>
>
> On 12/07/2010 3:02 PM, Kanthi Kannan wrote:
>
> Dear all
>
>
>
> Greetings!!
>
> We are trying to get permissions to Install Pelican Crossings. Any one who
> has contacts with vendors? Or knows whom to contact to get the details of
> cost etc?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Kanthi
>
>
>
> THOSE WHO WALK CANNOT DECIDE AND THOSE WHO DECIDE DO NOT WALK
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