How Well Do Street Murals Help Calm Traffic? [CityLab.com]

Samantha Sangenito 7/24/154:00 AM

The Ontario city of Kitchener has a problem intersectionthat seems to attract accidents. But municipal regulations prevent the installation of a four-way stop.

So what’d Kitchener do? Well, this:

The Mount Hope-Breithaupt Park Neighbourhood Association persuaded the city to place an eye-grabbing mural smack in the middle of the intersection. The hope is the artwork, now part of a pilot traffic project, will make drivers focus and navigate the crossing with caution. (Here’s a 360-degree, street-level view.)

[For more of this story, written by John Metcalfe, go to http://www.citylab.com/design/...calm-traffic/399395/]

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