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dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 18 days ago

Texas banned rainbow-painted crosswalks – but locals found a workaround to restore the LGBTQ Pride symbol

www.independent.co.uk

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Texas banned rainbow-painted crosswalks – but locals found a workaround to restore the LGBTQ Pride symbol

www.independent.co.uk

dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 18 days ago
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Texas banned rainbow-painted crosswalks but locals found a way to restore Pride flag
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While the symbol had to be removed from a crosswalks, local LGBTQ+ organizations found a way to return of the Pride flag to the streets of San Antonio
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    18 days ago

    From the last time this was brought up:

    https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/resources/crosswalk_marking_selection_guide.pdf, Page 22. It’s not one of the official crosswalk selection options. Page 23 talks more about how decorative options fit into it and how it should be low contrast.

    It’s less about it being visible and more about a consistent and recognizable stopping point.

    • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.world
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      If a driver can’t recognize a crosswalk, no matter the color palette, they shouldn’t have a license.

      • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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        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.

        • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.world
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          Are they in intersections? At end of a walkway? Drivers should recognize them.

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            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.

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