A retailer in Liverpool has installed a new 'fast track' pedestrian lane outside its store to separate the slow from the hurried.
U.K. retailer Argos has answered the prayers of many by creating a cheeky solution to the colliding paths of fast and slow walkers. By painting separate walking lanes outside of the Liverpool One shopping center, the hope is to allow faster walkers to bypass the dawdlers and window shoppers that can clog up sidewalks. Eric Jaffe reports in CityLab that the new slow and speedy lanes are going through a test phase this week to see what happens. Although it may just be a marketing stunt, the lanes serve to address a concern of many pedestrians—via The Daily Mail: "New statistics show 31 per cent of people find pavement hoggers frustrating, while more than a quarter (27 per cent) get annoyed by dawdling pedestrians."
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