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Originally Posted by Smartcar
Speaking of crosswalks, there's a yellow sign on 17th Ave westbound just past 1 St SE that says 17th Ave crosswalk pilot project August 2013 to August 2014. I haven't noticed anything different and there isn't any other info that I could find on the Calgary.ca website (which BTW really sucks if you're trying to find information, I thought the search function on the old site was way better).
What is it? I only noticed it a week ago and when I first saw it I thought it was going to be the diagonal walk thing like in Eau Claire and I thought what a stupid idea - until I saw it started in August.
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On 17th Avenue, there's 5 intersections (between about 4th street and 12th street) that are testing out new crosswalk marking materials (each intersection is using a different material - mostly epoxies) and a new, more visible and standardized design 'ladder' or 'zebra stripe' crosswalk (60cm line/60cm gap). Something I helped initiate since our crosswalks generally suck and disappear with regular paint after only about 5-6 months. I don't believe there's anything about it online about it.
Here's a picture of one of them being applied at 5th Street last summer:
