Titles and categories scraped by algorithm from on-line sources:

Pattern Number: 54

Pattern Title: Road Crossing

Category: Towns

Sub-Category: Local road and path network

Up links: 23 Parallel Roads 52 Network of Paths and Cars

Horizontal links: 55 Raised Walk 244 Canvas Roofs

Down links: 61 Small Public Squares 92 Bus Stop 93 Food Stands 103 Small Parking Lots 55 Raised Walk 174 Trellised Walk 244 Canvas Roofs

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Link to Google Books: 54 Road Crossing - look for result showing just pattern number and title


Summaries of content, keywords and links generated by algorithms. Thank you smmry.com:

Summary 1: Under the impetus of PARALLEL ROADS and NETWORK OF PATHS AND CARS, paths will gradually grow at right angles to major roads - not along them as they do now.

Summary 2: At any point where a pedestrian path crosses a road that has enough traffic to create more than a two second delay to people crossing, make a "Knuckle" at the crossing: narrow the road to the width of the through lanes only; continue the pedestrian path through the crossing about a foot above the roadway; put in islands between lanes; slope the road up toward the crossing; mark the path with a canopy or shelter to make it visible.

Summary 3: The people who cross a road will only feel comfortable and safe if the road crossing is a physical obstruction, which physically guarantees that the cars must slow down and give way to pedestrians.

Summary 4: The same principle applies, even more powerfully, where pedestrians have to cross a road.

Summary 5: The pedestrians who cross must be extremely visible from the road.

Summary 6: Cars should also be forced to slow down when they approach the crossing.

Keywords: road cross pedestrian path car

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