Tag: Crosswalks

  • San Diego’s Crosswalks Could See Colorful Makeover

    San Diego’s Crosswalks Could See Colorful Makeover

    City staff are working on a plan to allow embellishments to pedestrian crossings, which they previously did not permit because of federal guidelines on traffic devices.

  • Crossing the Street in City Heights Might As Well Be a Sport

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers Saynab Dahir jokes that she’s become a speedwalker, thanks to the quick signals at many City Heights intersections. But the resident and UC San Diego urban planning student points to a more serious problem for her and her neighbors. Post-war planning in the…

  • New Market Revives Concern About Dangerous Crossing

    A new grocery store in City Heights has revived a sense of urgency among advocates to do something about a dangerous intersection at University Avenue and 54th Street that many pedestrians have to cross to get there. Curving right turns make it hard for drivers and pedestrians to see each other. | Photo Credit: Sam…