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A Michigan left or P-turn is an at-grade intersection design that replaces each left (farside) turn at an intersection between a (major) divided roadway and a secondary (minor) roadway with the combination of a right (nearside) turn followed by a U-turn, or a U-turn followed by a right (nearside) turn, depending on the situation. It is in use ...
A heated sidewalk in Holland, Michigan Installation of a geothermal snowmelt system on a street in Reykjavík, Iceland.. A snowmelt system prevents the build-up of snow and ice on cycleways, walkways, patios and roadways, or more economically, only a portion of the area such as a pair of 2-foot (0.61 m)-wide tire tracks on a driveway or a 3-foot (0.91 m) center portion of a sidewalk, etc.
In the United States, crossing laws vary from state to state and sometimes at the local level. All states require vehicles to yield to a pedestrian who has entered a marked crosswalk. [ 6 ] Legally speaking, in most states crosswalks exist at all intersections meeting at approximately right angles, whether they are marked or not. [ 7 ]
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Snow and Ice Control Manual for Transportation Facilities. McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-07-042809-3. Institution of Civil Engineers (2000). Highway Winter Maintenance: ICE Design and Practice Guide. Thomas Telford. ISBN 0-7277-2957-8. Bergström, Anna (28 May 2002). Winter Maintenance and Cycleways (PDF) (PhD). Royal Institute of Technology.
In some cities, snow clearing for elder and handicapped residents counts towards community service hours assigned as a punishment for minor offences. [9] In many places, laws require homeowners to clear snow from the public sidewalk in front of their house, as well as a pathway on their own property to their mailbox. Traditionally, this creates ...
The City of Boise has a specific code that requires the owners of any building or vacant lot to have the sidewalk in front of their property cleared of snow by 9 a.m. and maintained throughout the ...
The snowy rollers are a somewhat unusual weather phenomenon, said Megan Varcie, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in White Lake, Mich. Rare snow doughnuts, a unique phenomenon ...