Reflective

I took a photo tonight that was better than the one above, funny though, the squiggly one turned out to be much more illustrative.

What with the earlier darkfall of the past couple, or more, weeks you may have been caught out, or purposely been out after light has left the sky. Assuming you have been observant, you may have noticed the new array of reflectors at certain crosswalks around town. I have not made any kind of survey of these but casual observation suggests that they were mostly installed at crosswalks in close proximity of schools. The first time I came upon them I was struck by just how effective the double lines of yellow reflectors were in delineating those pedestrian priority zones; certainly they make the location of crosswalks much more noticeable than simple painted lines and, though I heard rumor of some complaining about the dots being too close together, they seem to be a simple positive safety investment and...

most certainly not too close together. 

Anyway, all the above seemed to make for a good lead-in for the second purpose of this post. Perhaps you have already read it, perhaps not but, Claremont Street for People has started a new Crosswalk Improvement Working Group in order to identify crosswalks within the city that might be in need of safety enhancemnts, and develop a plan to address those safety issues. If interested, check Claremont Streets for People for more information.