Signals that you don't really care about people walking or people with disabilities and want them to drive.
Ok, that was flippant, I realize, but the only time I've seen anyone use prefer overpasses and such is the Vegas strip and that's because it is outright hostile to walk next to or across.
> Why is there a major thoroughfare in front of a school?
Everybody is driven to school. Look at the land use around the school.
There are tons of pedestrian bridges in Hong Kong, for instance [0]. This is over a complicated intersection with a large street that has a lot of bus traffic, so it makes more sense for people to go up and over to cross the street rather than for there to be ground-level crossings with confusing traffic patterns. Hong Kong is very pedestrian friendly.
Pedestrian bridges, or tunnels which would probably be more appropriate here, are perfectly accessible to the handicapped. They even go so far as to encourage walking because its now easier to cross the road.
We have such a tunnel in my hometown for the local elementary school and it works pretty okay.
> Why isn't there a pedestrian bridge?
Signals that you don't really care about people walking or people with disabilities and want them to drive.
Ok, that was flippant, I realize, but the only time I've seen anyone use prefer overpasses and such is the Vegas strip and that's because it is outright hostile to walk next to or across.
> Why is there a major thoroughfare in front of a school?
Everybody is driven to school. Look at the land use around the school.