Where Was the First Walk/Don’t Walk Sign Installed? Addendum: The Barnes Dance

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Where Was the First Walk/Don’t Walk Sign Installed? Addendum: The Barnes Dance

2023-06-30
By United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Series: FHWA Highway History Website Articles

English

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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
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Weingroff, Richard F.
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Crosswalks History Pedestrians Pedestrian Safety
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FHWA Highway History Website Articles
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United States
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Abstract:

After reading this article (Where was the First Walk/Don't Walk Sign Installed?), several people commented on the reference to the "scramble," during which all traffic at an intersection is halted so pedestrians can cross in any direction, including diagonally. The readers suggested that Henry A. Barnes, who had been traffic commissioner in Denver, Baltimore, and New York City, invented the concept, which became known as the "Barnes Dance."
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The original format of this document was an active HTML page(s) located under https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/history.cfm. The Federal Highway Administration converted the HTML page(s) into an Adobe® Acrobat® PDF file to preserve and support reuse of the information it contained. The intellectual content of this PDF is an authentic capture of the original HTML file. Hyperlinks and other functions of the HTML webpage may have been lost, and this version of the content may not fully work with screen reading software.
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