#pedestrians — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #pedestrians, aggregated by home.social.
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OSM-based navigation beyond paths with OSRM and Valhalla: While mainstream #webmaps still route #pedestrians around the edges of open spaces, #OpenStreetMap engines like #OSRM and #Valhalla make the leap to true area #routing across squares and other open spaces. This shift beyond line-based paths brings...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/09/04-osm-based-navigation-beyond-paths-with-osrm-and-valhalla/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS -
OSM-based navigation beyond paths with OSRM and Valhalla: While mainstream #webmaps still route #pedestrians around the edges of open spaces, #OpenStreetMap engines like #OSRM and #Valhalla make the leap to true area #routing across squares and other open spaces. This shift beyond line-based paths brings...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/09/04-osm-based-navigation-beyond-paths-with-osrm-and-valhalla/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS -
OSM-based navigation beyond paths with OSRM and Valhalla: While mainstream #webmaps still route #pedestrians around the edges of open spaces, #OpenStreetMap engines like #OSRM and #Valhalla make the leap to true area #routing across squares and other open spaces. This shift beyond line-based paths brings...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/09/04-osm-based-navigation-beyond-paths-with-osrm-and-valhalla/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS -
OSM-based navigation beyond paths with OSRM and Valhalla: While mainstream #webmaps still route #pedestrians around the edges of open spaces, #OpenStreetMap engines like #OSRM and #Valhalla make the leap to true area #routing across squares and other open spaces. This shift beyond line-based paths brings...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/09/04-osm-based-navigation-beyond-paths-with-osrm-and-valhalla/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS -
OSM-based navigation beyond paths with OSRM and Valhalla: While mainstream #webmaps still route #pedestrians around the edges of open spaces, #OpenStreetMap engines like #OSRM and #Valhalla make the leap to true area #routing across squares and other open spaces. This shift beyond line-based paths brings...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/09/04-osm-based-navigation-beyond-paths-with-osrm-and-valhalla/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS -
Mowing down children and the racist feeding frenzy that followed.
Alabama in the 1930s?"* Two children, who were riding a motorised pushbike and left with serious injuries, were allegedly pursued and mowed down by 56-year-old Gol Gol man Andrew Brien.."
"Mr Brien allegedly pursued the children through the pedestrian-only mall in the belief they were involved in vandalism at his partner's real estate business. However, the court heard the children were "blameless" of any offending on the night."
"The amount and volume of racist and violent comments surged after the incident, with hundreds of social media posts laying blame on the boys and praising the driver.""The act alone was shocking, but what followed on social media revealed a distressing and damaging ugliness...What we've seen lately in terms of social media is that anger is coming out in really primal responses, in ideas and thoughts and beliefs which do not have a place in a civilised society."
"It is not OK to hurt children. It is never OK to hurt children. It's not OK to call this man a hero."
"No-one should see violence against their children or community being celebrated or joked about...I don't want to see comments that I think would be better placed in 1930s Alabama". >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/mildura-leaders-call-for-calm-after-boys-struck-by-ute/107032768* "A 24-year-old hit and run driver who injured two pedestrians, one of them fatally, sped away and then bragged about it to his friends has been spared jail time in Darwin."
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRPw3srQeg
#children #cars #violence #dehumanisation #racism #harm #UTEs #motorists #pedestrians #malls #FirstNationsPeoples #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #incivility #SocialMedia #hate #governance -
Big US‑style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia – our research proves it
"We know vehicles on Australian roads are getting progressively bigger: more protective of their own occupants, but potentially more dangerous to those outside them. Here’s what we found:
every additional 100 kg of vehicle weight was associated with a 6% increase in the odds of pedestrian fatality regulation
every additional 10 cm of height was associated with an 11% increase in the odds of pedestrian fatality
utes and US-style pick-up trucks were associated with around 60% higher pedestrian fatality risk than conventional passenger cars
the relationship was even stronger in lower-speed environments. "
The psychology behind Australia’s love affair with big cars >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/15/you-have-unmet-needs-the-psychology-behind-australias-love-affair-with-big-cars
#pedestrians #cars #SUVs #SupersizedMachines #motorists #RoadTrauma #crashes #TheAmericanWayOfLife #PedestrianFatality #children #VisionZero #SacrificeZone #tax #regulation -
“More than half of all road deaths are people who aren't even in a car – they are walking, cycling or riding a motorcycle. When roads are designed as if only car drivers matter, these people are left dangerously exposed,” said Dr Etienne Krug Director of the Department of Health Determinants, Promotion and Prevention at WHO. “We know what works – strong laws and enforcement, safe infrastructure and vehicles with particular attention to lowering speed and addressing impaired driving. This declaration means we must all go further and faster.”
https://www.who.int/news/item/20-07-2026-road-deaths-fall-by-21--globally-but-stronger-action-is-needed-to-save-lives
#MobilityDesign #mortality #pedestrians #motorists #cars #speed #RoadTrauma -
Motorised bikes
First they put e-bikes on the market, then it is a long wait for regulation of illegal high-powered 'motorbikes' on shared pathways and beaches.There has been "...alleged antisocial and criminal behaviour involving a group of youths riding e-bikes in the Moonee and North Sapphire Beach areas."
"The claims echo concerns being raised in communities right across the state. For many locals, the issue isn’t just legality. It’s safety on shared pathways residents once felt confident using every day." >>
https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/technology-outpaces-the-law-on-e-bikes
#pedestrians #motorists #Ebike #safety #regulation #beaches #MooneeBeach #NorthSapphireBeach #Sawtell #CoffsHarbour #NSW #MotorVehicles #MobilityDesign #ActiveTansportInfrastructure
#MidNorthCoast #SapphireBeach #NorthSapphireBeachPlayground #parenting #AntisocialBehaviour #DissocialBehaviours #crime -
Taking from cars and giving to people
Kerbside parking - "Drivers are using a public road to park their private cars. What would happen if authorities banned on-street parking?"
"Australia actually has an oversupply of parking, both on streets and in parking lots...In many European nations, authorities have worked to make streets less centred on cars and parking." >>
https://theconversation.com/kerbside-parking-is-great-for-drivers-but-terrible-for-everyone-else-could-we-get-rid-of-it-283687
#cars #motorists #clutter #parking #pedestrians #space #micromobility #SegregatedPaths #footpaths
Image: Kerbside parking. Vehicles encroaching on the few footpaths, Bellingen -
Crashes at Lavenders Bridge, North Bellingen
* Just a short time ago two women were killed and another seriously injured after a motorist 'lost control' near the notorious Lavender Bridge and smashed into two cars parked at the riverside swimming spot. >>
https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/a-woman-has-tragically-died-in-a-crash-at-bellingen-on-thursday-afternoon* Today there was another serious incident involving two e-bikes. An ambulance was seen at the crash zone. An injured person was seen lying on the ground. (The ambulance is visible on the Kombu Flood Camera at 2026-05-24 11.26 ) >>
https://kombuwholefoods.com.au/floodcam/* The long road to a bike-friendly Australia >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/116626357349183983* In the design of the new 'Lavenders Bridge Replacement' bikes and foot traffic do not seem to be a feature. A lot of bitumen was smeared over the river banks to facilitate the convenience for cars (parking).
Image: North Bellingen, Lavender Bridge Black Spot by design
#MobilityDesign #LavendersBridge #cars #motorists #infrastructure #climate #ActiveTransport #footpaths #SharedStreet #cyclists #ProtectedBikeLanes #dehumanisation #sprawl #suburbia #traffic #aggression #RoadRage #RoadTrauma #CarDependency #FossilFuels #BellingenShire #accidents #crash #pedestrians
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CROSSING ZEBRA
#soulac #soulacsurmer #medoc #médoc #aquitaine #france #frankreich #crossroads #crossroad #kreuzung #zebra #street #mural #asphalt #road #pedestrian #pedestrians #fussgängerzone #zone #muster #pattern #patterndesign #photography #streifen #stripes #structure #struktur #photo #foto #photooftheday #fotografie #picoftheday #streetart #space #silentsunday #raumstadtion
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"The department [Department of #Transportation / #DOT] recently sent letters to local governments in at least six states — Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts and New Mexico — informing them it was withdrawing money awarded under the $1.1 trillion #infrastructure law former President [POTUS 46] signed in 2021.”
We were personally especially sorry to read about #Illinois #Route66 withdrawal, in general vicinity of our birthplace, and where we have many relatives and friends. "McLean County in central Illinois got a similar letter recalling federal funding awarded last year to help design a final 9-mile segment of a #bike and #pedestrian trail along Route 66. County engineer Jerry Stokes said the project wouldn’t affect #MotorVehicle travel but would promote safety by getting #bicyclists and #pedestrians off the road.”
https://www.montereyherald.com/2025/09/26/hostile-to-cars-grants-pulled/
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I'm normally skeptical of and reticent about praising policing milestones. but as #bicyclists and #pedestrians have be pleading for relief since the excesses of the pandemic...
yeah, police!
better late than never. -
Loud vehicles cause harm to #children, #pedestrians and #bicyclists on a daily basis, yet #TinaKotek and her administration look the other way out of fear of Harley owners, who can "customize" without regard to those exposed. Nevermind the #tunercars and #4x4s.
There are vehicles, with no #DEQ inspection, yet they abuse those condemned to use public roads with egregious, otherwise illegal in a *workplace*, noise levels.
#Noise level laws flaunted via exception:
It's an 'in-use' vehicle.
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In the "Well-Wasn't-That-A-Waste-Of-Time" Department... 😏
DC’s Kinda-Sorta Ban of Right Turns on Red Began January 1;
The measure applies at half the District's intersections, and no, there's no map of them.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/12/31/dc-right-turn-on-red-ban-2025/
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Our #Tuesday Trivia question this week has to do with a relatively new traffic signal🚦, drivers🚘may encounter in #MontgomeryCountyMD and throughout #Maryland.
✨What are these signals called?
✨Why are they installed?
#visionzero #pedestriansafety #pedestrians #streetwise #trivia -
#NBC:
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Pedestrians, already dying at record levels, now face Elon Musk’s Cybertruck
""“I think Elon Musk in particular has shown the danger of letting automakers decide for themselves what’s safe on public roads,”.."
13.12.2023
#AutoSafety #Cybertruck #HighwaySafety #IIHS #Musk #Pedestrians #Tesla
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So the keyword one has to watch for in dystopic technologist's publications is "#v2x" : « “vehicle to everything” (V2X) technology that, on the face of it, promises enhanced safety on the roads for #pedestrians and #cyclists… connected cars will know exactly where on the #highway #beacon-equipped #bicyclists are located, and smashes will therefore be avoided.
The more likely version…: Only the beacon-equipped will be spotted »