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Episodes 31 to 40 of Perils for Pedestrians
All episodes are 28 minutes long. A new episode is released monthly.
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Episode 40
©1999

• National Walk Our Children to School Day in McPherson, Kansas.
• A crosswalk sting operation with decoy pedestrians in Redmond, Washington.
• The Jefferson Pedestrian Safety Committee, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
• Walking and improved mental skills.
• Trails on the levee system in Omaha, Nebraska.
• Postcards from Russia: The Russian Steps.

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Episode 39
©1999

• A new advocacy group in St. Paul, Minnesota, has a successful safety demonstration.
• The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials meets in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Maintaining pedestrian access during the Big Dig highway project in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Innovative drainage systems in Houston, Texas.

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Episode 38
©1999

• A traffic safety festival in Richmond, Virginia.
• Virginians Interested in Protecting Pedestrians lobbies for stronger crosswalk laws.
• Experimental crosswalk signs in Madison, Wisconsin.
• The costs and benefits of traffic calming.
• Two arterial roads in Richmond, Virginia.

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Episode 37
©1999

• Pedestrian advocates meet in Portland, Oregon.
• The American Volkssport Association meets in Muncie, Indiana.
• The Institute of Transportation Engineers meets in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee for Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Excessively wide streets in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Episode 36
©1999

• The history of the bicycle.
• The STEPS program in British Columbia.
• Obstacles to wheelchair users in Victoria, British Columbia.
• The Walkers Win program of the Center for Neighborhood Technology in Chicago.
• An advocate discusses problems in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago.
• Obstacles to crossing over I-495 in Bethesda, Maryland; I-75 in Cincinnati Ohio; and I-68 in Cumberland, Maryland.

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Episode 35
©1999

• What is wrong with diagonal curb cuts?
• A bicycle compatibility index for city streets.
• A newspaper editor left a legacy of pedestrian safety in Little Falls, Minnesota.
• The Congress for the New Urbanism meets in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• The European experience with traffic speed.
• Gaps in the sidewalk system in Roseville, Minnesota.

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Episode 34
©1999

• Self-use crosswalk flags in Kirkland, Washington.
• Seattle Washington's Pedestrian Program.
• Feet First advocates for pedestrians in Seattle, Washington.
• A study by the Victoria Transportation Policy Institute reveals that pedestrians subsidize automobiles.
• The annual meeting of The American Planning Association.
• Wheelchair detectors to supplement push buttons for signals.
• The Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Greenways program.
• An inconsiderate homeowner allows poison ivy to reach across the sidewalk.

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Episode 33
©1999

• Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• The history of sidewalks in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• An apartment complex neglects pedestrians in Bethesda, Maryland.
• David Engwicht on his new book, Street Reclaiming: Creating Liveable Streets and Vibrant Communities.
• Participatory Design and pedestrian facilities.
• A pedestrian advocate speaks out in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Episode 32
©1999

• The Way To Go school program in British Columbia, Canada.
• Wellness walkways near a hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• A proposed pedestrian bridge across a major highway in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• The State of the Environment Report for Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
• Pedestrian facilities and the creation of a downtown for Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
• A tragic follow up to a previous Intersection of the Month in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Episode 31
©1999

• Automated enforcement of red lights with cameras.
• Revitalizing downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• Walk Austin and pedestrian advocacy in Texas.
• Using whistles to get drivers' attention.
• Postcards from Russia.
• The ProBike/ProWalk Conference in Santa Barbara, California.

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