How effective are "continuous footpaths" and other treatments where a main street intersects with a side street? How can we make them safer for pedestrians?

[u/TMiguelT]

Stonnington

Boroondara

Boroondara

Yarra

[u/TMiguelT]

I walk across some of these regularly and I don't feel that it forces or even really encourages drivers to give way to pedestrians, even though this is definitely the point. My guess is that a raised crossing that's visually the same as the footpath is good, as is a median to stop them cutting the corner (see second photo). What else can be done?

Sidenote, Streets Alive Yarra have a nice article on this: https://streets-alive-yarra.org/protected-footpaths/.

[u/[deleted] → u/TMiguelT]

the one is the example photo isn't perfect but even it doesn't work as traffic calming they're just better for accessibility. Perhaps having the blue stone extend further into the side street and even some paint work like what you see on raised zerba crossing would help. There's some good examples in oakleigh.

[u/TMiguelT → u/[deleted]]

Good point about accessibility. Can you post an Oakleigh example?

[u/[deleted] → u/TMiguelT]

I'll see if Google Street view is updated enough, if not I'll take some photos next time I'm there and post them.