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[youtube]http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=BmAe-OjtX6o[\/youtube]<\/p>\n

It seems Toronto is starting to think like a global city, at least when it comes to pedestrians.<\/p>\n

Like many major centres around the globe, Toronto is considering the installation of a scramble crossings at Yonge and Bloor and\u00a0 Bay and Bloor. This type of a crossing allows pedestrians to walk in any direction while all vehicles remain stopped. The trade-off is that pedestrians cannot cross when cars get a green light.<\/p>\n

If this gets passed at council on Monday, I hope that the City considers doing some serious sidewalk renovations at these corners. The area around the corners will become a little more crowded as pedestrians will have to wait for a longer period of time to cross.<\/p>\n

To give you an idea of what a scramble crossing looks like, I’ve posted the above video of an intersection in Shibuya, Japan.<\/p>\n

From today’s Star<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It will be a pedestrian free-for-all at two of Toronto’s busiest crossroads this spring — Yonge-Bloor and Bloor-Bay — if the idea of scramble intersections is approved by city council on Monday.<\/p>\n

Often called the Barnes Dance (after traffic engineer Henry Barnes, who introduced the idea to Denver), such intersections use red lights to stop traffic in all directions at once so pedestrians can cross any way they like, even diagonally. Then pedestrians are stopped while cars take their turns on the green.<\/p>\n

Drivers will wait a little longer to get through a red — how long has yet to be determined — but should find turning easier since they won’t encounter pedestrians in the crosswalk.<\/p>\n

It’s one of a host of fresh ideas included in the Toronto Walking Strategy, really an environmental strategy shrink-wrapped in a pedestrian-friendly initiative and endorsed by the city’s official plan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let us know what you think about scramble intersections.<\/p>\n

video by Kashikoisaru<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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