(01-30-2016, 11:18 AM)MidTowner Wrote: More practically, if these crossovers are located (a minimum) sixty meters out of people's paths, many people will just not bother with them.Pedestrians vote with their feet.
There was something on the radio the other day about a clever idea for pedestrian walkway placement on a campus. No need to hire consultants to do complex traffic analysis. Just wait for a snowfall, then note the patterns of footprints in the snow. The following spring put in paved pathways on the most traveled routes.
(01-31-2016, 08:17 AM)tomh009 Wrote: This setup should include a (pedestrian) fence for the 30m distance from the roundabout to the crossover to discourage exactly that.And then this forum will be full of posts decrying how ugly all of this looks.