I saw this previously for another crosswalk and it turns out these crosswalks actually do violate DoT standards, which is why we keep seeing them get moved. I don’t actually think these removals are illegitimate. It may have originally gotten attention drawn for the wrong reasons, but I don’t think it should get an exception to safety guidelines just because I’m personally for the cause it represents.
I work in transportation regulation and there is no evidence that rainbow crosswalks are less safe than white ones. Although they don’t comply with the regulation as written they clearly meet an equivalent level of safety and there are regulatory procedures that would permit an exemption to the word of the regulation on that basis.
We have crosswalks in my city that are just musical notes in an arrangement that is completely unrecognizable as a crosswalk. If you didn’t live here, I doubt you’d know they’re supposed to be crosswalks.
A few of them are just in the middle of a one way street with no intersection or pedestrian crossing lights. Like the one between the police station and city hall.
The downtown area of this city is a huge clusterfuck of nonsense.
I saw this previously for another crosswalk and it turns out these crosswalks actually do violate DoT standards, which is why we keep seeing them get moved. I don’t actually think these removals are illegitimate. It may have originally gotten attention drawn for the wrong reasons, but I don’t think it should get an exception to safety guidelines just because I’m personally for the cause it represents.
I work in transportation regulation and there is no evidence that rainbow crosswalks are less safe than white ones. Although they don’t comply with the regulation as written they clearly meet an equivalent level of safety and there are regulatory procedures that would permit an exemption to the word of the regulation on that basis.
It’s literally more visible. Not a detriment to safety.
From the last time this was brought up:
It’s less about it being visible and more about a consistent and recognizable stopping point.
If a driver can’t recognize a crosswalk, no matter the color palette, they shouldn’t have a license.
We have crosswalks in my city that are just musical notes in an arrangement that is completely unrecognizable as a crosswalk. If you didn’t live here, I doubt you’d know they’re supposed to be crosswalks.
Are they in intersections? At end of a walkway? Drivers should recognize them.
A few of them are just in the middle of a one way street with no intersection or pedestrian crossing lights. Like the one between the police station and city hall.
The downtown area of this city is a huge clusterfuck of nonsense.