The streetcars move along in the center of the streets, so the drivers in the right-hand turn lanes have to pause while people get on and off the streetcars. In Boston, this would result in pedestrian pizza;
Boston's Green Line does go down the middle of the street in some places; but it's strictly isolated from the car lanes, and pedestrians have crosswalks and traffic lights to protect them. I can only imagine that this was a response to a proliferation of pedestrian pizza.
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Date: 2009-07-08 08:52 pm (UTC)Boston's Green Line does go down the middle of the street in some places; but it's strictly isolated from the car lanes, and pedestrians have crosswalks and traffic lights to protect them. I can only imagine that this was a response to a proliferation of pedestrian pizza.