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  2. Curb - Wikipedia

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    Old sidewalk with granite curb in Kutná Hora Modern use of stone curbs, cobblestone, and planters as bollards to separate vehicles from pedestrians in Warsaw. There are a number of types of curbs, categorized by shape, material, height, and whether the curb is combined with a gutter. Most curb is constructed separately from the pavement, and ...

  3. Sidewalk - Wikipedia

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    A sidewalk (American English and Canadian English) or [1] [2] [3] footpath (British English) is a path along the side of a road. Usually constructed of concrete, pavers, brick, stone, or asphalt, it is designed for pedestrians. A sidewalk is normally higher than the roadway, and separated from it by a curb.

  4. City block - Wikipedia

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    The standard block in Manhattan is about 264 by 900 feet (80 m × 274 m). In Chicago , a typical city block is 330 by 660 feet (100 m × 200 m), [ 2 ] meaning that 16 east-west blocks or 8 north-south blocks measure one mile, which has been adopted by other US cities.

  5. Footpath - Wikipedia

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    Footpath inside the Kangla Fort, Imphal Footpath through the forest in Brastad, Sweden. A footpath (also pedestrian way, walking trail, nature trail) is a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of traffic such as motorized vehicles, bicycles and horses.

  6. Clearance (civil engineering) - Wikipedia

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    In South Africa and the southern region of Africa, the minimum vertical clearance of modern bridges is 5 metres (16 ft 5 in), although the legal height limit of road vehicles is still at 4.3 metres (14 ft 1 in). [7] United Kingdoms has a standard on minimum clearance of a public highway at 16 feet 6 inches (5.03 m).

  7. Road signs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    11th edition of the MUTCD, published December 2023. In the United States, road signs are, for the most part, standardized by federal regulations, most notably in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and its companion volume the Standard Highway Signs (SHS).

  8. A bike and a pedestrian meet on a sidewalk. No joke, it’s a ...

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    I was at a sidewalk intersection and almost didn’t see the bicycle speeding toward me. At 80 years it is not easy to make an abrupt stop. When I chided the rider as he swept past me his reply ...

  9. Pedestrian crossing - Wikipedia

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    A study in Toronto found similar results to the Florida study, determining that countdown timers may actually cause more crashes than standard hand/man signals. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] However, other cities such as London found that countdown timers were effective, [ 74 ] and New York City found that countdown signals worked mainly at longer crosswalks.