Comments on: ITDP: New York a World Leader in Sustainable Transport

By: Rhywun

Rhywun — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:49:49 +0000

> think Disneyworld

I’d rather not. I prefer the real version of the “quaint Main Street” America, not the fake one.

By: J. Mork

J. Mork — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:38:02 +0000

Disneyworld is not a public place.

By: Ian Turner

Ian Turner — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:24:56 +0000

Fulton St. in Las Vegas is actually quite Pedestrian-friendly, with bollards, wide crosswalks, and forgiving stoplights at every road crossing. The irony is that the public places in America that are the most decried for their corporate identity — think Disneyworld — are also some of the most pedestrian-friendly.

By: Rhywun

Rhywun — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:15:15 +0000

Heh, maybe the pics are staged :/

When I visited, the situation for pedestrians in Beijing was actually marginally better than some of the other cities I visited, like Wuxi–where the old city center was being replaced with Vegas-style developments complete with giant parking lots and no sidewalks. Shanghai and Xi’an were much more pleasant though (if you ignored the cloud-like waves of pollution in Xi-an…)–reasonably pedestrian-friendly.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:05:24 +0000

Having visited Beijing this year, Rhywun, I can assure you that no one stops for crosswalks, or yields to pedestrians, ever. Car traffic is strangling the city. Being a pedestrian is awful beyond belief — far worse than LA, Atlanta, Las Vegas, or any other sprawling American city.

By: Rhywun

Rhywun — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:28:35 +0000

Wow, what a turnaround Beijing has made. When I visited less than ten years ago, there were only 2 subway lines, no BRT, and car traffic was pretty much a free for all. The pictures show people using crosswalks and traffic actually stopping for them! That was unthinkable ten years ago. There were traffic lights but nobody paid any attention to them.