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If Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America? (www.thedrive.com)
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[–] -1 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

I've lived in Britain, Germany and Portugal during the period since 2009 and saw no big improvements in pedestrian infrastructure beyond a few streets being closed to traffic and turned fully pedestrianised.

The biggest change I saw was improved infrastructure for cycling, rather than for pedestrians.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago*

    Paris and Vienna certainly had a lot going on in this regard since 2009. (Brussels too) I am not talking about the odd pedestrianisation.

    A lot of streets have been redesigned, that has often benefitted both, pedestrians and cyclists and added more greenery and trees.

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