At pedestrian crossings on Main Street, drivers pass us, talking on their cell phones, all the time.
And there are enjoyable digs at pedestrian playwriting in the opening sketch, "Drama".
The timed signals were late in coming to New York, which now has 1,100 so-called countdown signals at pedestrian crossings.
For vehicles designed to operate in urban environments at pedestrian speed, this may prove to be more than a minor hindrance to sales.
Getting it to handle a complete journey on its own including navigating junctions and roundabouts, responding appropriately at pedestrian crossings and avoiding obstacles on the road is rather more difficult.
In the mid-90s, Bogotá's then-mayor, Antanas Mockus, employed more than 400 mime artists to stand guard at pedestrian crossings, showing wordless displeasure to reckless pedestrians and drivers who violated traffic rules and put lives at risk.
The relentless winking of this tiny line often reminds me of those bossy US signs that flash the word WALK at pedestrian crossings, except that this one says WORK.
Too much attention has been focused on a sliver of the city whose oblique views of the cathedral, already blocked at pedestrian level, would be obscured by the new building.
The damage was already done, leaving Pakistan chasing far more than they should have been, and their response began at pedestrian pace as they limped to 37 for the loss of the openers Azhar Ali and Ahmed Shehzad after 11 overs.
Nobody is likely to beat that, although when it comes to pacing a career Dimitar Berbatov, whose playing style appears to be based on the Manhattan instruction at pedestrian crossings to "walk, don't run" could still be strolling around a pitch in his 60s if he were so inclined.
Other works also looked at pedestrian detection from video sequences.
