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.

  • Takumidesh@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    19 days ago

    I live in a rail hub in the us. The city is nicknamed after it and train tracks literally run through the city center.

    It would take me 6 hours to walk there.

    • AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      19 days ago

      If it takes 6 hours to walk across your city it’s not rural. Your city needs comprehensive public transportation.

      • Sludgehammer@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        edit-2
        19 days ago

        I think he means it would take six hours of walking to reach his city. I mean I live four miles outside of town (which incidentally I’d need to travel to to reach a railroad) and even though it’s smaller than 3000 people it still calls its self a “city”. Also I’d like to note it’s four miles of hilly terrain, which depending on season may feature hundred degree plus temperatures or foot deep snow.

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          18 days ago

          I live about ten miles outside the nearby city.

          However my town has a train station. From my neighborhood of single family homes, I can walk about 20 minutes, or a bus drives by regularly to get me to the town center which includes the train station

          I’m certainly not rural, but there’s no reason my scenario can’t apply to 80% of the population if more cities/towns were designed for it.

          And this is in the US

    • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      19 days ago

      Please tell me you’re exaggerating. I live in a small city and it only takes me maybe an hour to walk across town. If it’s taking you 6 hours, it’s not rural.