Talk:Pedestrian crossing/Archive 1

I also heard the following: development of spatial data standards for cross-walking/roll-up of conservation projects...What does it mean? I've recently heard a slang term 'crosswalked' refering to a client defaulting on credit payment to a vendor. As in, "I just got crosswalked by X company". Anyone else heard this reference? Too many separate pages! I suggest that crosswalk is merged into this one, since 'pedestrian crossing' is the general descriptive term. I notice that comments about crossings in other countries (not the UK) are found on pages like Pelican crossing. This page ought really to be organised so that initially it doesn't make any assumption about country. Charles Matthews 06:28, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Beatles Image

I have removed the Beatles Abby Road cover Image:AbbeyRoad.jpg from this article. The image is copyrighted, and wikipedia can only claim fair use in articles about the album itself. I too am sorry to see it go, but we must follow the law. -Lanoitarus _^(talk) .:. 04:34, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Raised crossings(?)

OK, so that's not their name, but why don't we mention the crossings that are built a bit higher, seeming like a speedbump?--200.44.6.235 03:39, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I think you are referring to speed tables. They really need their own page, because the crosswalk is only part of the design and purpose. Shadowlink1014

Zebra crossing

Isn't it the same of zebra crossing? I think that needs a fusion. Pasqual (ca) · CUT 22:46, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

No, zebra crossings are a subset of pedestrian crossing. Not all pedestrian crossings are painted as zebra crossings. In the United States, the vast majority of crosswalks are painted only with two or three white lines to save money. Only the busiest intersections get the full zebra crossing treatment. --Coolcaesar 05:10, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Problem...

I've uploaded the official diagram of crosswalk markings in the United States. It seems we have a discrepancy about how we define "Zebra crossing". Under the Federal Highway Administration's rules, what are referred to as zebra crossings should be called "Continental crossings"... and "zebra crossings" are ones with diagonal lines put inside a "standard" crosswalk.

Can anybody work to get things more uniform, now that we have an official source? Shadowlink1014

Safety effects of pedestrian crossings

It would be worthwhile to discuss the effectiveness of crosswalks and other techniques. For example, Dr. C. Zegeer's definitive study on marked vs. unmarked crosswalks ([1]).Triskele Jim 16:19, 28 December 2006 (UTC)