Perils for Pedestrians

TV talk about people who walk

Perils for Pedestrians Episode 71

Topics in Episode 71:

  • The Pedestrian Bicycle Information Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

  • An Urban Land Institute conference on Smart Growth in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Local planning in a neighborhood near the Kentucky School for the Blind in Louisville.

  • Blind pedestrians and borderless parking lots.

  • Blind pedestrians and a skewed railroad crossing.

  • The Centers for Disease Control on the importance of physical activity and walking.
Photo - Blind pedestrians and borderless parking lots.
Blind pedestrians and borderless parking lots.

A sidewalk in Louisville ends at a strip mall parking lot. Blind pedestrians have difficulty determining where the parking lot ends and the street begins.