Afternoon links: Ideas on the move

Jaywalking no more

Here’s a brilliantly simple idea from Korean designer Jae Min Lim: redesigning crosswalks to reflect how pedestrians actually walk. (Fast Co. Design, Rob Pitingolo)  (Tip: Rob Pitingolo)

Pay to speed

As the state faces a huge budget crisis, one Nevada gubernatorial candidate is suggesting letting people pay $25 to get a permit to speed for 24 hours. Police think it’s a terrible idea. (Consumerist, Joshua D.)

The future of I-95

“The Road Most Traveled,” NPR’s series on I-95, takes an interesting, if somewhat campy look at using technology to solve traffic problems on east coast’s major artery. (NPR, Rob Pitingolo)  (Tip: Rob Pitingolo)

Barcelona’s experience with LED street lights

GOOD explains how Barcelona, Spain has achieved a 30% energy savings by switching to LED-based streetlights. Apropos considering the skepticism Arlington’s announcement last week it would spend stimulus funds on a similar undertaking evoked from readers. (Good Magazine, andrew)  (Tip: andrew)

G-affordable housing

Google will try its hand at affordable housing, spending $86 million to start a Low-Income Housing Tax Crdit fund. Hopefully this venture will be more successful than Wave was. (SFGate)  (Tip: Erik W)

Transit advocacy a decade ago

A 1997 interview with the late Montgomery County Smart Growth advocate Carl Henn, who died in July, shows that we’re still fighting many of the same battles more than a decade later. (blip.tv, J.Z.)  (Tip: J.Z.)

Transit strikes in London, Paris

On French and British sides of the English Channel, strikes are crippling the transportation networks of the capitol cities. In London transit workers are protesting lost jobs while broader strikes in France are affecting Paris Metro as well as a SNCF rail service and air traffic. (The Guardian, Telegraph, charlie)  (Tip: charlie)

Public health experts missing the point

While numerous public health experts have recognized that traffic deaths are one of the primary killers of Americans, they seem to miss the point about how to tackle the problem. (Streetsblog)  (Tip: Erik W)