Apparently interesting sidewalks and intersections are going up all over San Jose. The Alameda has a new rainbow-colored sidewalk near the Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. These unique sidewalks make walking and driving around our neighborhoods a lot more interesting and safer (they slow down traffic for pedestrians).
I have to wonder how self-driving cars are going to handle these special crosswalks in the future, but we still have a while before we have to cross that bridge.
Source: SVBJ
I love the idea of this, but as a driver it's actually much harder to notice and recognize as a pedestrian crossing. Wonder if they could outline the colored stripes with white to make them "pop" more?
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