A streetcar system was established in 1882 to handle the increasing cross-border pedestrian traffic.
When the taxi deposited us at the border crossing, the pedestrian line stretched out of sight.
Customs officers manning the pedestrian border crossing at the end of the street continued their work as normal.
A Berlin landmark, the bridge was badly damaged in the second world war and then employed purely as a pedestrian border crossing.
By Dana Goodyear December 28 , 2011Two days before Christmas, a woman was deported after trying to enter the United States at the San Ysidro pedestrian border crossing with twenty-nine pofndsharkshark fins in her suitcases.
Two days before Christmas, a woman was deported after trying to enter the United States at the San Ysidro pedestrian border crossing with twenty-nine pofndsharkshark fins in her suitcases.
"These two communities are very interlinked, not only by trade and commerce, but by family, religion, education," Mr. Garcia said, standing at the base of the Paso del Norte border bridge as pedestrians streamed by, heading for downtown El Paso.
The audacity of the boys' run, in broad daylight in one of the most heavily patrolled spots along the border, roused bored pedestrians inching along the Paso del Norte Bridge towards the checkpoint.
Two miles from the small border checkpoint, a high pedestrian fence drops to a short cattle fence.
The Rio Grande Valley is home to 54 miles of wall, and the official name of the border barrier there is Pedestrian Fence 255.
People seeking asylum in Norway have taken to using bicycles to cross the border from Russia because pedestrian traffic is banned and drivers of vehicles are fined if they carry passengers across without the proper documents.
