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Originally Posted by Taeolas
Fredericton's Roundabouts tend to have the crosswalks about a car length back from the actual roundabout.
In some cases, there is an island, so you're only crossing one lane at a time.
For Fredericton's most famous roundabout, there is only one pedestrian crossing. It has an island, and is signalled.
We have smaller roundabouts, with less traffic so the pedestrian crossings aren't really a problem.
I suspect when they put a roundabout on Smythe @ Woodstock road, they will have islands and crossing signals for pedestrians at all entrances and exits, since that intersection is high traffic and high pedestrian traffic. |
The other thing Fredericton has done well with pedestrians is changing which type of signals we use for crossings. Aside from changing all new crossing to the zebra pattern, the newer crosswalks on major thoroughfares have changes from
this overhead design, which is hardly visible in the daylight to
this, which has feels like a street-level detail, encouraging drivers not to behave as if they were on a highway while catching their attention with bright yellow LEDs.
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