Pedestrian Walk Signs

Every so often there is an improvement in technology. 1“History also shows that we generally improve and refine tools to make them better.” As technology progresses the human mind has to improve, in order to continually

Prioritize and expand pedestrian safety tools such as leading pedestrian intervals, bulbouts, scramble crosswalks, and no right turns on red

There are many different institutional decisions that have impacted many of the people's lives in these videos. The first major change that I saw was that with the pedestrian walk signs. When it was a person's turn to walk, the street sign would show it by switching from the red hand to the blue walking man. Now, they have included that the sign will say "Walk" when it is their turn to walk. This is one of the steps that the government is taking to trying to help these individuals live independent lives. Another thing that the government has done is made a separate button for a longer walk time. This was displayed in the first video, and would be really effective to these individuals.

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Making a difference will require a change in the way we drive and walk. It will be difficult for drivers to change the way they drive, but it is something worth improving because no driver wants to be the reason why someone is in the hospital or grave. Pedestrians need to be more cautious when walking along the crosswalk, such as making eye contact with the drivers as they walk by and legally crossing a street. The city will also need to invest money into making more visible crosswalks and adding more streetlights to make cross walks visible. This problem can only be solved if drivers, pedestrians, and the city do their part to decrease the number of traffic accidents revolving around

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