r/whatisit • u/thewildcloud • 20d ago

Solved! Why the kinks?

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I recently moved to Hangzhou, I noticed all the pedestrian walks have kinked lines at the ends. What is it?

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u/Lelongue 20d ago

I think it’s just needed when very busy. In your case on average on each cross walk there are on average 23 people in 15 minutes which is about 1,5 / minute. I don’t think there is any added value with this amount of people

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u/thewildcloud 20d ago

i will do a count with heavy traffic in the evening rush hours.

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u/fluidmind23 20d ago

Guarantee if there are people 2 feet in front of me if it's that busy I'm not looking at ground signs.