[sustran] Pedestrian overpasses

[Carlosfelipe Pardo]

Hi,

The issue of everyone preferring pedestrian overpasses instead of 
level-crossings is pretty much ubiquitous in developing countries in 
Asia and Latin America (I assume Africa, but I don't know this as a 
fact). But the most interesting part is that many "experts" and even 
pedestrians prefer those overpasses, and when asking for "safety" in a 
crossing they ask for an overpass instead of an adequate crossing! I've 
been shouted at in meetings where I deny the need to have a specific 
overpass and urge planners to design a crossing instead... they don't 
understand that overpasses should be the last recourse, that they are 
also much more expensive and provide a very negative message to many 
(you, pedestrian, must do extra effort to cross, while the car must just 
whizz by).

This just shows how much we still have to work on these issues...

Best regards,

Carlos.


On 12/03/2010 01:25, jane. wrote:
> Here there is no reason given. Like most things in China, they simply just one day appear. Well, it was announced in the newspapers just before construction started, but as I recall, they were simply notices. But I suppose the justification would be something along the lines of "improving traffic."
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> Subject: Pedestrian Budget
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> Just to be sure I understand rightly the basics on this one.
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> The idea, if one scratches, is to get the "other stuff" - i.e., walkers,
> cyclists -- out of the way of motorized traffic so that drivers can arrive
> unencumbered and on time at their destinations? (No matter how the concept
> is otherwise billed.)
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> Do I have that right?
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