Doing the pedestrian scramble at the Shibuya Crossing! It's sort of silly how fun simply crossing the street can be, but I must admit doing the pedestrian scramble at Shibuya was on my to-do list for Tokyo. I think at least half, if not most, of the people doing the crossing on each traffic light cycle were tourists doing the crossing just to do the crossing and not because they actually needed to cross the street. It's just all part of the energy and vitality of the Shibuya area.

March 2026 | Tokyo, Japan

#pedestrians #pedestriancrossing #shibuya #shibuyacrossing #urbandesign #urbanexploration #streetphotography #urbanism
A view of the famed diagonal Shibuya Crossing from above.

March 2026 | Tokyo, Japan

#pedestrians #pedestriancrossing #shibuya #shibuyacrossing #urbandesign #urbanexploration #streetphotography #urbanism

Summary of new California #transportation laws for 2026 is on pages 11-12 of Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s Bike and Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee meeting packet for Feb: https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/e73eb70df/BPC+Agenda+Packet+February+4+Meeting.pdf

Among the new laws:
AB 382 (Berman) – #Pedestrian safety: #SchoolZones: #SpeedLimits
AB 1014 (Rogers) – #TrafficSafety: #SpeedLimits
SB 671 (Cervantes) – #PedestrianCrossing signals
SB 71 (Wiener) – California #Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: #transit projects [AND #ActiveTransportation projects]
AB 544 (Davies) – #ElectricBicycles: required equipment
AB 875 (Murasutchi) – Vehicle removal — In part, "grants law enforcement authority to #impound certain noncompliant electric vehicles. Officers may remove electric vehicles with fewer than four wheels that exceed legal #speed thresholds and do not qualify as #ebikes, as well as Class 3 e-bikes operated
by riders under 16 years old or without required helmets.”

#TrafficLaws #biking #walking #PublicSafety #DriverEducation #BikersEd #youth

Pedestrian crossing on Market Street at Third Street, San Francisco, as seen from One Kearny St. by Dllu #photography #wikimediacommons #wikipedia #sanfrancisco #pictureoftheday #citystreets #traffic #pedestriancrossing
For a real #SilentSunday try walking around the city an a steep block, during an early morning in the dark winter of the #49thparallel #domingoSilencioso #DimancheAuCalme #silentaDimanĉo #NightStreet #PedestrianCrossing #UrbanScene #CityLights #photo #photography