New 'Criss Crosses' Crosswalk

[Primer_Drift]

The city opened its first two pedestrian "criss-crosses" in the Eau Claire district at the intersection of 3rd Street and 2nd and 3rd Avenues S.W. on Wednesday

WAT?

Now the hookers can get across the street to their crack dealers in relative safety. Nice.

[Nissanaddict]

If you didn't picture pre-pubescent kids with their pants backwards upon reading this topic title, you are either too old or too young. It will help people not "Miss the Bus" though.
......OH!!!!

[rage2]

Originally posted by 3g4u
I think this is a dumb idea that will increase traffic big time.

If both pedestrians and drivers follow the flow of traffic, it will free up traffic huge. The problem right now is pedestrians take the entire green to cross downtown, making it so 1 or 2 cars get thru on a turn.

[schocker]

Now, the formalities of this and that
Is that Kris Kross ain't comin' off wack
And for all ya'll sucks that don't know
Check it out

i will deffinately have to go check this out at lunch tomorrow, only a few blocks from the office

[G-ZUS]

whos gonna be the first to complain they got a ticket @ one of these?

[Toma]

RETARDED!

Now you are gonna stop ALL traffic so that some jackasses can legally j-walk.

Fuck that noise. Stupidist thing I have heard. As if traffic in this city is not bad enough.

Build a fucking overpass.

[icecreamvan]

Best song evar. Can someone tell me what that guy is trying to say at 1:32?

[kenny]

Originally posted by Toma
RETARDED!

Now you are gonna stop ALL traffic so that some jackasses can legally j-walk.

Fuck that noise. Stupidist thing I have heard. As if traffic in this city is not bad enough.

Build a fucking overpass.

Traffic will actually flow better since vehicles would be able to turn without waiting for pedestrians to cross the street. Cars actually being able to move when the light is green, amazing concept but something that rarely happens in downtown during high pedestrian volumes.

[schocker]

Two lil' kids with a flow you ain't ever heard
And none faking you can understyand every word
As you listen to my cool school melody
The Daddy makes you J-U-M-P

i have decided that i will deffinately give this kriss krosswalk a try tomorrow to just be an asshole pedestrian diagonally.


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[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally posted by icecreamvan
It makes me want to jump, jump.

[Hakkola]

I posted this in the blog...

“There are lots of pedestrians coming out of the James Short Parkade making their way to Chinatown. With the diagonal crosswalk, they would save much more time and would not be holding traffic up for as long as they currently do.”

I’m not familiar with the intersection, do the lights change for the sole purpose of allowing pedestrains to cross? I don’t see how this diagonal crossing can minimize traffic delays, when pedestrians cross they cross the intersection in the same direction as traffic, doesn’t this slow all directions of traffic? Moving diagonal across the streets also means that the red lights have to be longer, as the pedestrains will take longer to cross.

It doesn’t make sense to me.

But after reading...

Originally posted by rage2

If both pedestrians and drivers follow the flow of traffic, it will free up traffic huge. The problem right now is pedestrians take the entire green to cross downtown, making it so 1 or 2 cars get thru on a turn.

Originally posted by kenny


Traffic will actually flow better since vehicles would be able to turn without waiting for pedestrians to cross the street. Cars actually being able to move when the light is green, amazing concept but something that rarely happens in downtown during high pedestrian volumes.

It makes more sense, but only downtown where that is a problem, I hope this isn't implemented outside of the core.

Originally posted by schocker
Two lil' kids with a flow you ain't ever heard
And none faking you can understyand every word
As you listen to my cool school melody
The Daddy makes you J-U-M-P

i have decided that i will deffinately give this kriss krosswalk a try tomorrow to just be an asshole pedestrian diagonally.


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Can you wear your pants backwards when you do it? I stole your motivator for new facebook photo, that is too funny.

[97'Scort]

Originally posted by icecreamvan
Best song evar. Can someone tell me what that guy is trying to say at 1:32?

Ironically:

Two lil' kids with a flow you ain't ever heard
And none faking you can understand every word

[HybridTheory]

Originally posted by schocker
Two lil' kids with a flow you ain't ever heard
And none faking you can understyand every word
As you listen to my cool school melody
The Daddy makes you J-U-M-P

i have decided that i will deffinately give this kriss krosswalk a try tomorrow to just be an asshole pedestrian diagonally.


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[icecreamvan]

Originally posted by 97'Scort

Ironically:

Two lil' kids with a flow you ain't ever heard
And none faking you can understand every word

I meant the other retard in the background making some sort of weird noise.

[Eleanor]

LOL apparentely people were running red lights and people were still crossing when traffic had greens I love Calgary

[schocker]

Well I just went and gave it a try. While the crossings have changed, apparantly red lights no longer mean stop as some cars were still driving straight through. Overall I would have to give this attempt a 7/10. When it is busy i dont see how the diagonal helps as you have 4 different groups of people all colliding in the centre of the road, this basically sums it up

[jmc]

Originally posted by Eleanor
LOL apparentely people were running red lights and people were still crossing when traffic had greens I love Calgary

that's dangerous, anybody got hit yet?

[hampstor]

Originally posted by schocker
Two lil' kids with a flow you ain't ever heard
And none faking you can understyand every word
As you listen to my cool school melody
The Daddy makes you J-U-M-P

i have decided that i will deffinately give this kriss krosswalk a try tomorrow to just be an asshole pedestrian diagonally.


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Don't try to compare us to another bad little fad
I'm the Mac and I'm bad give you something that you never had
I'll make ya Jump Jump wiggle and shake your rump



You know some BMW driver is going to run over someone down there too!!

[TKRIS]

Alberta drivers are unable to understand basic concepts like flash to pass, merge, the difference between yeild and stop, lane position, and why it's a bad idea to simultaneously eat cereal, text message, smoke a cigarette, and have a cup of coffee while driving. Most don't know how the cross walks we have now work.
This is going to make some old lady's head explode.

FWIW: I think Canadians have it in us to be good drivers. We just don't have to be. The reason you see so many shitheads not paying attention is because they get away with it because driving is too fucking easy.
I'm all for traffic circles, higher speed limits, tougher licencing, and strict penalties for impeding traffic, causing accidents, etc.

These assholes who stop in the acceleration lane while merging onto the highway would soon find themselves either without a licence, or with too high a premium, making driving impractical.

Make shit harder. Hold people's feet to the fire and demand that they focus on what they're doing. Force an ultimatum: Pay attention or get your ass run over, licence suspended, and premiums hiked.

OT, I still hate Kriss Kross for 2 reasons:
1.) Like mariachi and boy bands, that is shitty music for stupid people. I knew this when I was 11 and that crap became popular, and the last 15 years has just confirmed it.
2.) As someone who's actual name is K-R-I-S, I resent these two C-H-R-I-S's stealing the spelling of my name and gaying it up. As if a life spent correcting people doesn't suck enough without everyone saying "OH, like that Kriss Kross group" all through the early to mid 90's.

On the upside, I was still rocking a mullet in '92, so despite the unconventional spelling of my name, I totally kicked ass...

[sexualbanana]

Originally posted by schocker
Well I just went and gave it a try. While the crossings have changed, apparantly red lights no longer mean stop as some cars were still driving straight through. Overall I would have to give this attempt a 7/10. When it is busy i dont see how the diagonal helps as you have 4 different groups of people all colliding in the centre of the road, this basically sums it up

Also have to give it a chance though and let people get used to it. This is still a pretty new concept for most people here.