This document highlights 10 creative crosswalks from around the world that were designed to improve pedestrian safety or promote local businesses and events. The crosswalks featured memorable designs like names of pedestrians killed on crosswalks in Portugal, 3D effects in China, and pop culture characters in Japan. Their creative designs aimed to catch drivers' attention and encourage more careful driving and pedestrian behavior.

1. Top 10 Creative Crosswalks
from Around the World
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2. Zebra Crossing Memorial
Location: Libson, Portugal
Grotesque as it may sound but this crosswalk creates awareness
among pedestrians through the names of 137 pedestrians killed by
cards stenciled on the zebra stripes. On the curb, it reads “1/4 das
vítimas de acidentes de automóvel são peões” which translates as 1/4
victims of automobile accidents are pedestrians.

3. 3D Zebra Crossing
Location: Changsha, China
The capital of Central China’s Hunan Province installed this colorful
3D Zebra crosswalk to improve pedestrian safety. It was specially
designed to bring attention to the drivers as they drive across the
intersection.

4. Life counts for much. Slow down.
Location: Kiev, Ukraine
This crosswalk creates awareness for drivers and pedestrians as it
displays the count of numbers drivers face in prison if they don’t drive
safely, and for pedestrians’ lives if they are not careful in crossing.

5. Love Zebra Crossing
Location: Chengdu, China
The Love Zebra Crossing is located close to where two rivers meet. It
was created as an answer to the disregard many local drivers have for
the typical black and white crosswalks in Chengdu where many
accidents occur. The crosswalk has helped increase pedestrian traffic,
some of whom even dress for the romantic occasion.

6. McDonald’s Crosswalk
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
In 2010, McDonald’s produced an innovative marketing campaign
during Zurichfest, Switzerland’s biggest public festival. It’s during this
time that many businesses are allowed to use crosswalks for creative
and promotional purposes.

7. Mr. Clean
Location: South Italy
A crosswalk advertisement for Mr. Clean shows a normal looking
crosswalk with a cleaner white that stands out showing the brand logo
as a comparison to the other filthy looking lines.

8. Peanuts Abbey Road
Location: Osaka, Japan
This street art located just right outside of Universal Studios in Japan
features the Peanuts characters’ parody of the famous Abbey Road
album cover in an effort to promote the theme park’s Flying Snoopy
ride. The artwork is seen clearly by drivers when at the right distance
from the crosswalk.

9. Scramble
Location: Oakland, California
These crosswalks in the streets of Oakland’s Chinatown feature a
design that appear like a giant board game of scrambles. This was
installed to help cut down the number of accidents and injuries during
heavy traffic.
There is now a feature called the 15-second all pedestrians phase
where vehicles stop for 15 seconds to allow pedestrians to cross at any
direction, even diagonally.

10. Barefoot Hoppers
Location: Shenyang, China
This crosswalk featuring a bright orange color with barefoot prints was
built in 2014 in an effort to promote safer road crossings. Pedestrians
are encouraged to pay attention to the traffic when crossing the street
as opposed to, say, look at their cellphones or listen to music in their
headphones.

11. Trapeze Artist
Location: Northampton, Massauchusetts
This is a creative crosswalk proposed for the Main Street in
Northampton Massachusetts. The design is anamorphic positioning the
illustration in the middle of the street making its shape clearer only
when the pedestrian is on either side of the road while they wait to
cross.

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