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Re:I Always Hit the Crosswalk Button (2015) by Cockbrand on Friday December 01, 2023 @01:03AM (#38483682)
Not sure about “scramble” in this context, but “stroad” is an established term to describe certain thoroughfares.
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Re:I Always Hit the Crosswalk Button (2015) by dagurp on Friday December 01, 2023 @02:27AM (#38484126)
You're right but Strong Towns did make it up.

Not Just Bikes popularized it (I think) https://youtu.be/ORzNZUeUHAM

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Re:I Always Hit the Crosswalk Button (2015) by mcv on Friday December 01, 2023 @05:59AM (#38485417)
Turns out you don't need a lot of people to popularise a new word if it fills a need.
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Re:I Always Hit the Crosswalk Button (2015) by krisoft on Friday December 01, 2023 @04:52AM (#38485019)
> Not sure about “scramble” in this context

It is a well accepted phrase too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_scramble

There are many references since the 2010s, but i also found references to it in a 1955 traffic engineering book: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Sqh-alGvdoYC&q=%22pedest...

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