After several pedestrians in Astoria were hit, and one died, the City Council has tried a safety experiment.
It’s put orange flags in buckets on either side of two busy downtown intersections so that pedestrians can carry them across the street and be more visible to drivers.
The Daily Astorian reports the experiment hasn’t been entirely successful.
The city bought a case of the flags — 300 at 75 cents each.
A reporter saw few people using the flags. And a city official reports they’re being stolen
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After several pedestrians in Astoria were hit, and one died, the City Council has tried a safety experiment.
It’s put orange flags in buckets on either side of two busy downtown intersections so that pedestrians can carry them across the street and be more visible to drivers.
The Daily Astorian reports the experiment hasn’t been entirely successful.
The city bought a case of the flags — 300 at 75 cents each.
A reporter saw few people using the flags. And a city official reports they’re being stolen quickly: 27 of the first 40 put out. Others have been seen in the gutters and are now dark and discolored in the buckets.
— The Associated Press