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Kailua citizen will help set up pedestrian flag programs

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 19, 2013

~~<p><strong>Question</strong>: Regarding your March 13 column about red flags being used at a Kaahele Street crosswalk in Aiea: My daughter lives in Salt Lake City and tells me that they have a flag-crossing system in place. Perhaps their system may be of some interest to you. Apparently, they have found it is a safe and sensible preventive measure.</p>
<p><strong>Answer</strong>: Using flags to boost pedestrian safety at certain crosswalks and intersections has been tried in different cities in the United States, but not all have succeeded.</p>
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Question: Regarding your March 13 column about red flags being used at a Kaahele Street crosswalk in Aiea: My daughter lives in Salt Lake City and tells me that they have a flag-crossing system in place. Perhaps their system may be of some interest to you. Apparently, they have found it is a safe and sensible preventive measure.

Answer: Using flags to boost pedestrian safety at certain crosswalks and intersections has been tried in different cities in the United States, but not all have succeeded. Login for more...



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