BE icon from AtD era

[John Bailey]

Look at the magnificent chaos of all of those cars and pedestrians! So
many ways of singling up all lines that hadn't yet been imagined. No
dividing stripes or crossings, pedestrian signals, traffic cops,
median strips, keep left signs (probably keep right over there),
two-dimensional zebras, speed cameras, sharply defined sidewalks,
internalised fear of traffic, commercials reminding us of the
pedestrian's responsibility for their own life. Not against most of
these things but fascinated by the way they have crept into our lives.
The photo reminded me of a recently heard episode of 99% Invisible (a
podcast devoted to the hidden logics behind our built environment).

http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-68-built-for-speed/

"Long dividing lines and clear vistas give the illusion that you're
going at a reasonable speed..."

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.shorpy.com/node/18231
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