What is Pedestrian scramble?
A '''pedestrian scramble''', or ''''X' crossing''' is also known as a '''diagonal crossing''', '''Barnes dance''' (US), or '''scramble intersection''' / '''scramble corner''' (Canada).<ref>Highway history [https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/barnes.cfm]</ref> [[File:Scramble from above, SHIBUYA SKY (49367160502) (cropped).jpg|thumb|center|300px|One of the world's most heavily used pedestrian scrambles, the [[Shibuya Crossing]] at Hachikō Square in [[Tokyo]]]] It is a type of crossing which temporarily stops all [[traffic]]. This lets [[pedestrian]]s [[pedestrian crossing|cross]] an intersection in every direction. It was first used in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]] in the late 1940s. It fell out of favor with traffic engineers, because it gave priority to pedestrians over the flow of car traffic. Its safety and benefits to pedestrians has led to its being installed in many countries recently. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Traffic signs]]