Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols

[mcwabbit@tenforward.social]

@Natasha_Jay You can imagine which cities may be car centric by looking at how the silhouettes are depicted:
The ones that look like being in a hurry tells the pedestrians: “Cars are waiting!!! Move your asses out of the way, peasants!”

[wil@beige.party]

@elasticsoul please let those be real!

@Natasha_Jay

[harriettmb@toot.wales]

@Natasha_Jay It seems only Saragossa has someone who looks vaguely female for any of these traffic signals….

[danielakay@chaos.social]

@Natasha_Jay Hameln / Hamelin has a Rattenfänger / Pied Piper symbol

[natasha_jay@tech.lgbt]

@HarriettMB
That hit me immediately too.

So tell me there is no patriarchy? 🤬

[irina@wandering.shop]

@danielaKay But what is the red one? @Natasha_Jay

[danielakay@chaos.social]

@irina @Natasha_Jay sorry, couldn't find a photo of the red one

[timo_micro@scicomm.xyz]

@Natasha_Jay in Utrecht, the Birthplace of Dick Bruna, the author of Miffy, has these traffic lights.

[workshopshed@mastodon.scot]

@Natasha_Jay Ampelmann is a big thing in Berlin.

https://www.ampelmann.de/en/

[workshopshed@mastodon.scot]

@Natasha_Jay the one from Warsaw looks like a Sontaran

[agturcz@circumstances.run]

@johartig @Natasha_Jay @mainz_de Unfortunately, I do not have a green light version, but here's one from Trier.

[zleap@techhub.social]

@Natasha_Jay

The one for London should perhaps have an England / UK caption as It is pretty much universal here.

Can anyone from

#scotland
#Wales
#Ireland
#Eire

Confirm ?

[friesenloewe@mastodon.social]

@elasticsoul @Natasha_Jay

I particularly love this one

[dan@axillae.telent.net]

@danielaKay @Natasha_Jay mistook it for a man carrying a scythe over his shoulder

[sphericalcyclist@digitalcourage.social]

@schnitzer @Natasha_Jay Böblingen as well

[lindarosesmit@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay viva corunna

[brythedonut@ohai.social]

@combat_penguin @Natasha_Jay My thoughts exactly. You can’t discuss pedestrian walking symbols without discussing the iconic Berlin Ampelmännchen!

[hdvalentin@rheinneckar.social]

@lindarosesmit @Natasha_Jay here are some from Saarbrücken, Germany

[hdvalentin@rheinneckar.social]

@Natasha_Jay there is a Ampelgirl in Heidelberg, Germany

https://chillr.de/ampelmaedchen-ampelfrau-heidelberg/

[ngrewe@mstdn.glaux.io]

@Natasha_Jay #Akureyri in #iceland also has some love•ly ones. ️