How DUMB are PEDESTRIANS?

[mixiboi]

I thought I continue the How DUMB series with this..

So yesterday I heard on NBC 10 that people were walking in the street around Dilworth Plaza because it is closed off now. I was liek no way anyone is doing that, I mean no one barley walked over there before when it was oepn, why would they go out of there way and wlak in the street..

Sadly I weent by today and didn't take long to see this:














Seriously? You go AROUND the barriers to walk in the street when the other side is open and you can cross at the other end to get to the center of City Hall without having to walk in the street? Its not like these people where walking out of there way. Its just

What they need to do is move the fences to the no parking spaces so people will feel less "safe" walking in the street.

[MTEMPLE]

This happens at every construction site in center city Philadelphia. It's the reason that city council wanted to pass an ordinance that construction companies keep the walk ways clear.

[BarryG]

Yesterday, I saw a mom walking with her little kids around the construction site like this. At night, when it's dark. Absurd.

[radiocolin]

Well, it is one of the busiest pedestrian intersections in the city. The only other way to cross is at the crossing with medians at JFK or S Penn Square. Are those closed off too? If that's the case, the only way across is to cross JFK or S Penn Square, walk over to Broad, and then cross.

And yes, those aren't FAR, but let's be honest with ourselves: people are going to take the shortest route to get where they need to go.

No one thought of this in the planning?

It's the reason that city council wanted to pass an ordinance that construction companies keep the walk ways clear.

AFAIK this was passed a year or two ago. It can still be skirted with proper permits, but I remember seeing a large reduction in sidewalk blocking.

[mixiboi]

I made a map:

The Blue is the options people have NOT to go into the street.

The Yellow is the paths that some people choose to take.

The Red/Black is the fence in areas.



As you can see people choose to go out there when they were presented other options before they even get there. Now I can understand this when they close off the entrence at Market..but its just crazy and stupid.

[TonyDanza]

People value those 5 extra minutes they save by not crossing and walking where it's safer than their own lives. It's the same sense I get when I see fools running out in front of traffic to catch a Septa bus on an opposite corner - is it worth dying over waiting 10 minutes for the next bus? I guess so.