City of Tucson Traffic Engineering says that this is an approved design that will now be expanded even further across the City. Apparently there are studies that show in general it is safer to not paint crosswalks; the City of Tucson argues pedestrians tend to "let their guard down" when inside a painted crosswalk and tend to not pay attention thus get struck more often than when crossing the street in an unmarked/unpainted crosswalk. It is a driver's duty to yield to a pedestrian crossing the roadway at an intersection even if there are no lines painted (unmarked crosswalks) However, I disagree with the City's policy of not painting the roadway where there should clearly be marked crosswalks. Not repainting crosswalks that were previously painted before roadwork was completed is a bad idea I believe. Not everyone is familiar with the ins and outs of traffic vs. pedestrian law and it seems to me that everyone understands marked crosswalks a whole lot better than unmarked areas. Citizens in general are "used to" how marked crosswalks work and not so much with unmarked. In my opinion, marked crosswalks seem to be a safer alternative than running across the street with unmarked pavement even if the pedestrian is legally correct.
Should you care to comment on the City's policy of converting more and more marked crosswalks to unmarked crosswalks, please call City of Tucson Traffic Engineering's Deahn Swartz at 791-4259. Tucson Police Traffic Enforcement Division can be reached at 791-4440 if you feel like further discussing traffic law and to get TPD's view on converting marked crosswalks to unmarked. More and more pedestrians are dying in Tucson; I am wondering if it has anything to do with the City of Tucson's Traffic Engineering design policies or perhaps due to the Transportation Department not maintaining street lights? There are tons of lights all over the City and it is very dark where it should not be.
greybaby and Fredy...let us know on the message board here what they have to say if you do contact...it's been several months since I last talked to them and I wonder if TDOT has changed their tune at all after the large increase in pedestrian, bicyclist and motorcyclist collisions and deaths this year.
I cannot believe what I’m hearing right now this is a new project that they’re doing by not marking these crosswalks I am visually impaired so on marking the crosswalks would make it even harder for me to tell where to cross because when I’m in the middle of the street I’m not trying to veer off into the area where cars are that’s why it’s better to have those things marked crosswalk lines marked so I know where I’m going and not veering off left and right so I don’t know what the city of Tucson is thinking
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City of Tucson Traffic Engineering says that this is an approved design that will now be expanded even further across the City. Apparently there are studies that show in general it is safer to not paint crosswalks; the City of Tucson argues pedestrians tend to "let their guard down" when inside a painted crosswalk and tend to not pay attention thus get struck more often than when crossing the street in an unmarked/unpainted crosswalk. It is a driver's duty to yield to a pedestrian crossing the roadway at an intersection even if there are no lines painted (unmarked crosswalks) However, I disagree with the City's policy of not painting the roadway where there should clearly be marked crosswalks. Not repainting crosswalks that were previously painted before roadwork was completed is a bad idea I believe. Not everyone is familiar with the ins and outs of traffic vs. pedestrian law and it seems to me that everyone understands marked crosswalks a whole lot better than unmarked areas. Citizens in general are "used to" how marked crosswalks work and not so much with unmarked. In my opinion, marked crosswalks seem to be a safer alternative than running across the street with unmarked pavement even if the pedestrian is legally correct.
Should you care to comment on the City's policy of converting more and more marked crosswalks to unmarked crosswalks, please call City of Tucson Traffic Engineering's Deahn Swartz at 791-4259. Tucson Police Traffic Enforcement Division can be reached at 791-4440 if you feel like further discussing traffic law and to get TPD's view on converting marked crosswalks to unmarked. More and more pedestrians are dying in Tucson; I am wondering if it has anything to do with the City of Tucson's Traffic Engineering design policies or perhaps due to the Transportation Department not maintaining street lights? There are tons of lights all over the City and it is very dark where it should not be.
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