Sentence examples for pedestrian refuge from inspiring English sources

Plan your trip to cross busy roads at well-lit intersections with crosswalks, pedestrian refuge islands and walk signals.

Called a "pedestrian refuge," it has the effect of shortening the distance traveled to cross the street to 45 feet, from 70 feet.

Measures being tested include adjusting traffic signals to give people more time to cross streets, extending sidewalks to reduce the distance people have to cross and creating "pedestrian refuge islands".

Vincent Astor's idea — or perhaps that of his architect, Charles Platt — was to keep vehicles entirely out of the central area, making it into a pedestrian refuge, and he placed benches around a simple brick pathway.

"What we've found is that we've not only achieved a 50% reduction in cyclist injuries where we have these lanes, but a 40% cut in all injuries because of the pedestrian refuge islands," she says.

For not signalized pedestrian crossings (NSPC) other important factors are: presence of pedestrian refuge islands, pedestrian- vehicles conflict points and obstacles in approaching crossing.

That's pedestrian safety!

The "noncompliance" of pedestrians at refuge island crossings highlights the importance of road user compliance more generally.

Walker found refuge in art.

The triangle is a pedestrian island, a deliberate refuge from traffic (so to speak).

There is a string section – often the last refuge of the pedestrian indie band trying to sound grandiose – but here, Suede pull it off, and it brings lashings of romance to Anderson's angst.