The crosswalk at Arizona and Second streets. Photography by William Short. Courtesy of City of Santa Monica
เรื่องชิล ชิล ไม่เกี่ยวกับความนิยม ม.๔๔ ของพี่ๆ สลิ่ม
ที่นี่เขาป้ายศิลปะลงบนผิวจรจร บริเวณสี่แยกและทางข้าม
นัยว่าทำให้การเดินข้ามถนนรื่นรมย์ เจริญตา คนอยากข้ามอยากเดิน
โดยเฉพาะบริเวณสี่แยกนี่กำลังแพร่หลาย ให้คนเดินข้ามตัดขวางจากมุมหนึ่งไปอีกมุมหนึ่ง ที่เรียก 'diagonal crossing'
เทศบาลหลายท้องที่นำมาใช้ เช่นซานตา มอนิก้า พาสดีน่า และดาวน์ทาวน์ แอล.เอ.
ที่ซานตา มอนิก้า เขาเรียก 'scramble crossing' เพราะเวลาไฟเปิดให้ข้าม ผู้คนจะเดินข้ามกันหลายทิศทางจนดูเหมือนพัลวันพัลเก
แต่ก็เป็นประโยชน์มาก เพราะไฟเดียวข้ามได้ถึงที่หมาย ไม่ต้องรอไปกดไฟข้ามอีกต่อเหมือนก่อน
Chad Sripanich
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Get a look at Santa Monica's bold new crosswalks (they're hard to miss)
Pedestrians crossing diagonally at Second and Arizona.
BY BIANCA BARRAGAN
SEP 13, 2016
LA Curbed.com
Santa Monica’s streets are a lot more colorful now, thanks to the addition of two new brightly colored crosswalks, designed to make walking safer and more appealing.
These cartoony, bold crosswalks certainly do make for a more lively street-crossing experience. City officials say they're also designed to make walking safer. Plus, they help breaking the "stereotype that nobody walks in L.A."
One of the bright new crossings, at Second Street and Arizona Avenue, is among a dozen new scramble crosswalks in Santa Monica's downtown area. The other painted crosswalk is at Broadway and Ocean Avenue (not a scramble). Scramble crosswalks allow for people on foot to cross in all directions—even diagonally across the intersection—at one time.
Santa Monica’s Mobility Manager Francie Stefan tells Curbed via email that, "Creating beautiful moments in our public spaces and streets elevates the experience of walking and place. When it is delightful to walk, people will choose to walk and look forward to walking as a part of the day and a part of their commute."
The crossing at Ocean Avenue and Broadway.
Santa Monica’s Mobility Manager Francie Stefan tells Curbed via email that, "Creating beautiful moments in our public spaces and streets elevates the experience of walking and place. When it is delightful to walk, people will choose to walk and look forward to walking as a part of the day and a part of their commute."
The announcement for the new crossings notes they are part of Santa Monica’s, "strategic goal to create a new model of mobility" to entice people to use non-car forms of transportation.
See the crosswalk at Second and Arizona getting painted in this neat time lapse video:
Santa Monica Is Turning its Crosswalks Into Art [Curbed LA]
See the Less Scary, More Pedestrian-Friendly Hollywood and Highland Intersection in Action [Curbed LA]
LA Curbed.com
Santa Monica’s streets are a lot more colorful now, thanks to the addition of two new brightly colored crosswalks, designed to make walking safer and more appealing.
These cartoony, bold crosswalks certainly do make for a more lively street-crossing experience. City officials say they're also designed to make walking safer. Plus, they help breaking the "stereotype that nobody walks in L.A."
One of the bright new crossings, at Second Street and Arizona Avenue, is among a dozen new scramble crosswalks in Santa Monica's downtown area. The other painted crosswalk is at Broadway and Ocean Avenue (not a scramble). Scramble crosswalks allow for people on foot to cross in all directions—even diagonally across the intersection—at one time.
Santa Monica’s Mobility Manager Francie Stefan tells Curbed via email that, "Creating beautiful moments in our public spaces and streets elevates the experience of walking and place. When it is delightful to walk, people will choose to walk and look forward to walking as a part of the day and a part of their commute."
The crossing at Ocean Avenue and Broadway.
Santa Monica’s Mobility Manager Francie Stefan tells Curbed via email that, "Creating beautiful moments in our public spaces and streets elevates the experience of walking and place. When it is delightful to walk, people will choose to walk and look forward to walking as a part of the day and a part of their commute."
The announcement for the new crossings notes they are part of Santa Monica’s, "strategic goal to create a new model of mobility" to entice people to use non-car forms of transportation.
See the crosswalk at Second and Arizona getting painted in this neat time lapse video:
Santa Monica Is Turning its Crosswalks Into Art [Curbed LA]
See the Less Scary, More Pedestrian-Friendly Hollywood and Highland Intersection in Action [Curbed LA]
