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...MBTA press release indicates that "sidewalk and crosswalk areas will be temporarily adjusted as necessary to facilitate construction activities," and Brattle Street towards Church Street will be shut down for a week in June to accommodate the construction of a raised crosswalk. Although this work will be "disruptive," the press release states that the “contractor will work to provide safe access to all properties during constructing, using temporary fencing and ramps, traffic cones, caution tape, and signage...

Author: By Saieed Hasnoo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A New Elevator for the T Station | 5/23/2010 | See Source »

Students, sick of fighting their way through throngs of tourists en route to class, might be happy to hear that the tour buses that once parked by Widener Gate have now been forced off Mass Ave. They’ve been bumped to Quincy Street behind the crosswalk bridging Lamont and the Barker Center, Harris said...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shuttle Stop Moves a Few Yards | 5/14/2010 | See Source »

...construction started on the Super Crosswalk Plan as part of the Harvard Square Improvement Project, which extended walking space and subsequently decrease congestion in the Pit. City officials report that there have been fewer complaints since the project was completed...

Author: By Kerry K. Clark, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eccentric People Create Eclectic Pit | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

...cross the streets where the crosswalk symbol ticks slowly for red and fast for green. This ticking, the throngs pouring out of the subway exits, the escalators with the looping announcement in Cantonese, then Mandarin, then English—“Please hold the handrail” —combine to create the quintessential Hong Kong commute. The fan-wielding dancers under the park shelter, the fishermen holding rods in the downpour, the old woman shaking a metal bowl across from city hall and telling me to get out of the rain, show me that life goes...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover | Title: True Fiction | 7/21/2009 | See Source »

...something woman moves swiftly down the Rue de Rivoli, gray hair pulled back, looking like an iconic grandmother or retired grade school teacher. But as she runs a red light and speeds into a crosswalk filled with people, the woman slaloms her large bicycle between startled pedestrians - barking at them to stand clear despite their having the right of way. "Dégagez!" She shouts the order to give way. "Why are people so stupid?" (See pictures of the U.S.'s National Bike Month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Paris: Cyclists Behaving Badly | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

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