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Episodes 11 to 20 of Perils for Pedestrians
These are 28 minute episodes. A new episode is released monthly.
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Episode 20
©1998

• The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
• Key stops for the San Francisco Municipal Railway.
• Traffic calming in San Jose.
• School crossing guards in San Jose.
• A pedestrian signal that was planned, but never installed, in Maryland.
• Keith Bartholomew of 1,000 Friends of Oregon on LUTRAQ: The Land Use,Transportation, and Air Quality Connection.

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Episode 19
©1998

• Maryland's landmark Ped Bike Access 2000 law.
• A pedestrian study in San Francisco's Tenderloin District.
• The Local Government Commission.
• San Jose's pedestrian safety program.
• Gaps in the sidewalk system in Poolesville, Maryland.

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Episode 18
©1997

• Pedestrian wayfinding signs in Philadelphia.
• Bicycle-friendly Davis, California.
• Traffic calming in Sacramento.
• Automated red light enforcement in San Francisco.
• Unfriendly landscaping at a television station.

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Episode 17
©1997

• Operation Crosswalk - Philadelphia's pedestrian safety program.
• Phillywalks - Philadelphia's local pedestrian advocacy group.
• Busing children one block to school in Columbus, Ohio.
• A mother worries about the impact that driving her children everywhere has on their personal development.
• Shrubbery too close to the sidewalk invades the pedestrian space.

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Episode 16
©1997

• The San Francisco Department of Public Health program for elderly pedestrians.
• The Congress For The New Urbanism.
• Signs on one way streets that ignore two way pedestrians in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
• State and local pedestrian programs in Missouri.
• Rail~Volution, the national conference on Building Livable Communities With Transit.

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Episode 15
©1997

• Friends of the Riverfront promote the Three Rivers Heritage Trail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• The role of the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Manager.
• Visual obstructions at intersections in Maryland.
• Commuting by bicycle in Washington, DC.
• The National Pedestrian Conference.
• Traffic reduction in Australia.

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Episode 14
©1997

• Dan Burden on Walkable Communities.
• What is a Transportation Engineer?
• Mark Fenton of Walking Magazine on the benefits of walking.
• Walk Boston and pedestrian advocacy in Boston, Massachusetts.
• America Walks: a national network of local advocacy groups.
• Innovations in actuated pedestrian signals.

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Episode 13
©1997

• Ottawalk and pedestrian advocacy in Ottawa, Canada.
• A "Walking Security Index" under development at the University of Ottawa.
• A pedestrian and bicycle friendly bridge between Ottawa and Hull.
• Alternative transportation in the City of Ottawa.
• The "Official Plan" for the Ottawa-Carlton Regional Municipality.

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Episode 12
©1997

• A neighborhood in Raleigh, North Carolina, is concerned about speeding traffic.
• The Institute for Highway Research and Education looks at pedestrian needs in North Carolina.
• Many drivers ignore a busy mid-block crosswalk in Silver Spring, Maryland.
• A driver with a disability is concerned about widespread abuse of handicapped parking permits.
• Little things, like the location of a stop line, can make a big difference.
• The mayor of Mount Ranier, Maryland discusses improvements for pedestrians in his downtown.

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Episode 11
©1997

• The city bicycle planner tells us why Toronto was rated the number one bicycle-friendly city in North America.
• Go Transit celebrates 30 years of commuter rail service in Toronto.
• Feet On The Street advocates for pedestrians in Toronto.
• The history of the shoe is preserved at the Bata Shoe Museum.
• A pediatrician at Montreal Children's Hospital studies how to prevent collisions between children and cars.
• The Canadian Volkssport Federation walks across the Confederation Bridge from Prince Edward Island.

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