Side road zebra crossings

[jnty]

So what's the answer if the sightline to the main road is blocked if you wait behind the crossing? Maybe the answer is that crossings aren't permitted UNLESS the sightline is good from before the crossing.

Move the crossing back from the junction so there's space to wait? Thereby achieving balanced consideration of all users.

This is a decent idea when you've got room for a verge that's at least a car's length wide (obviously useless for buses and trucks) but pretty useless and increases the chances of pedestrians getting squashed by traffic off the main road, as Bryn says.

[Ruperts Trooper]

So what's the answer if the sightline to the main road is blocked if you wait behind the crossing? Maybe the answer is that crossings aren't permitted UNLESS the sightline is good from before the crossing.

Move the crossing back from the junction so there's space to wait? Thereby achieving balanced consideration of all users.

Taking crossings off desire lines mean they aren't used. Plus with buildings you lose intervisibility.

Maybe we could just stop designing city centres around cars and start designing for people, like civilised nations are doing.

Trying to improve safety for pedestrians at junctions isn't just a city problem - it applies to most junctions (excluding freeflow roads).