A proposal to paint three-dimensional crosswalks near schools, approved by the Cincinnati City Council, has been rejected by the Cincinnati Department of Transportation and Engineering.
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.
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