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#9543 lanes in zebra crossings

This isn't really a problem yet, but I think it might make life easier. For high-volume pedestrian crossings, paint in black arrows into the white stripes that indicate 'lanes' for people to walk in when going across. Of course people will not follow these exactly, but I wonder if it would help the flow when they meet the mass of people coming from the other side.

#5467 Public transportation order

If you're wondering why this post was sent to you on a banana leaf, it's because I'm now in the Philippines! So expect a tropical/dev country slant for the next while. This is obvious, but it's weird to me why this isn't implemented. I'm sure it's quite ubiquitous as well. So I ride the Manila light rail system to work. I'm letting you in on this secret, because it isn't a secret. Everyone and their dog rides it as well. It's a great way to avoid Manila traffic - well automotive traffic, not human traffic, I'm not talking about the nasties that sell human beings, ok, you're right I'm not even talking...CROWDS ok? I'm just talking about crowds. Big crowds. Thank heaven I'm a head above most because I wouldn't be able to breath kind of crowds. And so we play this game. Tons (literally) of people wait on the platform. The train approaches and everyone guesstimates where a door will end up and muscles in front of one. The ...

#6675 Froggersection

Okay, I've been ironing out the details of this for a few days (once the hamster wheel gets turning it's hard to shut 'er down). This is a bridge-less intersection where one road never has to stop. Permit me to illustrate in 8 easy steps. Yes, I did make this in so-elegant powerpoint 2003. Yes, some of the steps are doubled up. (You know. I had dreams of animating this thing.)