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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by shiroiushi on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @09:52PM (#41306035)
No, because they're confined to completely separate tracks, which they don't share with pedestrians or bikes at all. In fact, when the two meet, we call it a "train crossing" and have special "cross guards" to keep pedestrians, bikes, and other vehicles well away from the train. Otherwise, we generally try to keep the tracks away from other modes of transit, by either putting them in tunnels ("subways") or elevating the tracks, or just not putting them near roads to begin with and giving them special right-of-way.

None of this resembles the way we treat cars at all.

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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by belorn on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @10:42PM (#41306277)
I guess different countries have different rules, but my country have classes of roads which are not shared with pedestrians or bikes. There are generally not that many traffic lights, but there are exceptions.

The biggest use of simultaneously acceleration in those situations would be around road maintenance and other situation where road speed or number of lanes are reduced, with heavy congestion as a result.

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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by mjevans on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @04:51AM (#41308243)
As both a driver and a pedestrian I would love that engineering solution.

PLEASE build human scaled walkways _away_ from roadways. In my climate zone, please also provide roofing over them to shade from solar and downpour events.

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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by itishappy on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @09:16AM (#41309989)
Crosswalks. The "car crossings" for pedestrians and bikes are called crosswalks. They're dedicated sections of road, typically selected for high visibility, specially demarcated and often even specifically signaled. High-speed traffic is generally kept away from other modes of transit by means of elevated highway sections (in high-density areas).

My dude, this is literally exactly what I had in mind.

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