Clever Crosswalk Squashes Jaywalking, by Making it Legal

Clever Crosswalk Squashes Jaywalking, by Making it Legal

Jaywalking: Everyone does it, so you might as well legalize it. But is there any way to make it less dangerous?

Design to the rescue! Korean designer Jae Min Lim has the clever idea to turn crosswalks into, well, “J”s. By curving the typical Zebra crossing to take up a wider swath of road, you carve out a nice, safe path for pedestrians -- one that reflects how they actually walk.

Infographic of the Day: Who’s Got the Worst Urban Sprawl?

Infographic of the Day: Who’s Got the Worst Urban Sprawl?

The infographic you see here has managed to turn one of the ugliest facets of global cities into something approaching art. Behold urban sprawl, in the hands of Jessica Young and Luke Bulman.

Young and Bulman make up the Brooklyn graphic design studio Thumb, and their beautiful, though perhaps misleading, infographic compares 27 ring roads around the world -- those peripheral highways, like the D.C. Beltway or the London Orbital, that read like shorthand for over-extended cities.