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TAKING ACTION <br />Strategies for Safer Streets <br />Elected officials and other local leaders don't know everything about every aspect of managing or <br />planningfor a community's needs. After all, in many communities, local government is a part-time — <br />and unpaid —job. The daily life grind of immediate needs often prevent community leaders from <br />addressing complicated or long-term problems, learning about new and improved best practices, or <br />staying updated about innovative ideas and solutions. <br />Following are some traffic -calming methods that make streets safer for all roadway users, especially <br />pedestrians. Many local leaders aren't even aware of these terms, definitions and solutions. <br />Fargo, North Dakota <br />Edgewater, Maryland <br />Bath, Maine <br />Wayne, Maine <br />Unlike the towering, <br />"high -mast" lighting <br />used on highways, <br />PEDESTRIAN -SCALED <br />LIGHTING brightens <br />sidewalks, crosswalks <br />and any dark spots where <br />people might walk at <br />night. Street lamps also <br />enhance a location's <br />appeal, help pedestrians <br />see potential hazards <br />and make them visible <br />to drivers. <br />4 A PEDESTRIAN ISLAND <br />provides a safe place for <br />pedestrians to stop and <br />stand at a wide roadway's <br />mid -point. FLASHING <br />TRAFFIC SIGNS can <br />(among other benefits) <br />alert drivers to congested <br />areas orto pedestrians <br />crossing the roadway. <br />201 AARP Wa lkAud it Tool Kit <br />Page 65 of 89 <br />