No 3D Crosswalks in Cincinnati After Federal Guidance Finds Risk

Mariel Carbone reports from the street in Cincinnati, where the city has rejected a proposal to add a three-dimensional crosswalk design to an intersection near schools.

The news provides a local example of the fallout of a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) study that found "potentially dangerous effects" from the use of three-dimensional sidewalk designs. The study "explains that a 'significant percentage of drivers' actually swerved or drove erratically when they saw the crosswalks," according to the article that accompanies Carbone's on-air report.

As a result, the Cincinnati Department of Transportation and Engineering (DOTE) decided that the city should not install three-dimensional crosswalks despite a steady increase of "pedestrian-involved crashes" in recent years.