The new law permits pedestrians to cross a roadway at any point, including outside of a crosswalk. It also allows for crossing against traffic signals and specifically states that doing so is no longer a violation of the city’s administrative code. But the new law also warns that pedestrians crossing outside of a crosswalk do not have the right of way and that they should yield to other traffic that has the right of way.

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      2 months ago

      What, wait, no. I’ve lived in very rural areas, wtf was I supposed to do without a car? Bike back and forth a few hours for groceries?

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        2 months ago

        There will always be edge cases. The trick is that your scenario ought to be an edge case rather than the most common case.

        Some one is free to search actual numbers but in the US something like

        • 50% of the population is urban

        • 75% of the population is suburban or urban

        For sure different transit or walking options are better for different scenarios but most people, including in the US, are in places where buses or trains can be useful

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          So people should only live in dense, crowded cities? Because even in the suburbs it’s not possible to grocery shop without a car.

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            Suburbs can ultimately be redesigned (and I’d argue they should, for a number of reasons)

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              Yeah but until then a man’s gotta eat lol and I don’t see them putting grocery stores every 2 miles any time soon.

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                Given most grocery stores compete more than anything on location, that does surprise me, but you’re not wrong.