The Pedestrian

traffic lights also show the green when the driver is not in violation of traffic rules. However, some people come out, and the driver did not brake in time to cause serious traffic accidents. From this case, we might as well speculate that if pedestrians are blind, we should take care of the behavior of the blind when the blind man can not speculate on whether the traffic lights can be accepted.…

Albert Einstein once said, “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” In The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury, Mr. Leonard Mead is living in a generation of idiot people. His society just sits inside all the time and watches television. His society is also extremely antisocial. When technology is used inappropriately, it has a negative influence on society. Negative effects on the society in which Mr. Mead lives, are the lack of…

inclusion of the site. The planning in the City of Whittlesea has neglected the walking accessibility of footpath, causing the issue of public health and social issue. First, the environment has created a negative perception that prevents the pedestrian from staying on the street. During the observation, the street is completely…

handheld device such as a cell phone or tablet. All though many pedestrians do not even realize that wearing headphones can cause serious injury or even death in some cases, it is actually a very real and present situation. Listening to music while you’re walking to work is like second nature to a lot of people in America. American’s are used to constantly…

The Pulaski Community and nearby towns need to add more sidewalks to their streets. First off with sidewalks, children can get more exercise and live a healthy lifestyle, especially in the winter. According to Mayo Health Clinic, children and teenagers need at least one hour of physical activity per day. Sidewalks can also provide playspace for houses that have a little to no backyard to play in. Sidewalks also provide a place for kids and adults to walk without walking on the roads where it is…

their ability to think. The government is trying to keep people from thinking about what is happening around them and keep them from asking questions. The Pedestrian, Harrison Bergeron, and Fahrenheit 451 all present futures in which a the government has attempted to create a utopian society by using censorship to limit free thought. The Pedestrian, by Ray Bradbury, displays a future where all people are supposed to stay home every night to watch government provided television programs. All…

just the reader, but also himself. His strong usage of imagery, figurative language, tone, mood, diction, and syntax was put together to create a unique style in three specific stories. "A Sound of Thunder," "There Will Come Soft Rains," and "The Pedestrian" all accentuate Bradbury's creatively, awesome style. Because of his style, the themes differed with some similarities in these three stories. Bradbury's style in, "The Sound of Thunder," supported the theme that certain effects…

Also, it became very apparent that although the study area is in the down town “active core” of Halifax, there were more cars parked along the side of the street as well as driving along it than people walking. It is clear from Image 1 and 2 that pedestrian wise, Hollis and Granville Street are “dead". From these images it is very easy to see the high amount of cars parked along the street in comparison to the people on the sidewalks. It should be noted however, that both Hollis and Granville…

boundaries (i.e. edges) of a space, as a way to comprehend a location. A road can be both a physical edge as well as a symbolic one, as is the intersection of Downing Street and Florence Street. The road is an obvious edge, or boundary for both cars and pedestrians but also a symbolic one because it is the edge of Clark's campus and the beginning of the Worcester community. At this intersection people from both 'worlds', Clark and Worcester, converge, forcing them to physical interact with one…

Walkable City by Jeff Speck is a book on how to transform downtowns all over America making them more walk friendly. Speck discusses about implementing this idea and ways it is beneficial to the cities around America. Jeff Speck is a city planner and author who travels around America essentially designing cities for various communities. He is a resident in Washington, DC. Part II of Walkable city is where Jeff Speck reviews to the audience his ten steps for walkability. The first four steps are…