The new law permits pedestrians to cross a roadway at any point, including outside of a crosswalk. It also allows for crossing against traffic signals and specifically states that doing so is no longer a violation of the city’s administrative code. But the new law also warns that pedestrians crossing outside of a crosswalk do not have the right of way and that they should yield to other traffic that has the right of way.

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The US used to have a comprehensive rail network. Every single town had a train station. We already had the solution to this problem.

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I live in a rail hub in the us. The city is nicknamed after it and train tracks literally run through the city center.

It would take me 6 hours to walk there.

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If it takes 6 hours to walk across your city it’s not rural. Your city needs comprehensive public transportation.

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I think he means it would take six hours of walking to reach his city. I mean I live four miles outside of town (which incidentally I’d need to travel to to reach a railroad) and even though it’s smaller than 3000 people it still calls its self a “city”. Also I’d like to note it’s four miles of hilly terrain, which depending on season may feature hundred degree plus temperatures or foot deep snow.

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Please tell me you’re exaggerating. I live in a small city and it only takes me maybe an hour to walk across town. If it’s taking you 6 hours, it’s not rural.

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and what do you use to get to the train station?

how do you carry goods to that station? Does your train have a stop in every farm?

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Wow you’re right there is a use case for a vehicle therefore it’s literally impossible to have public transit in rural areas, despite the fact that it already existed /s

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it’s not like i don’t hate cars, i do. But i really can’t see how you’re going to convince “rurals” with that argument

good luck to you

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