On Thu, 16 May 2019 21:07:41 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

On Fri, 17 May 2019 04:53:29 +0700, John B.
wrote:

On Thu, 16 May 2019 09:06:50 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich
wrote:

On Monday, May 13, 2019 at 9:54:53 PM UTC-7, John B. Slocomb wrote:

You don't think that it has anything to do with the population of the
entire country amounting to only 340,000 people? A bit smaller than
Anaheim.

They have a higher population in just your neighborhood in Bangkok don't they? I was just looking at a couple of pictures of Bangkok yesterday and damned if I could see any bike traffic. Of course it was in the downtown area.

Well, yes. the population of Bangkok is in excess of 5 million. :-)
But the discussion you responded to was commenting on the number of
automobiles shown in a photo and speculating on whether this was a
factor of the total number of people who lived in the place.

Actually, I suggested that the lack of traffic and parked automobiles
might have been a result of the 3D crosswalk art. I also speculated
that there was plenty of traffic before they were installed, and that
all the drivers fled from the area when they saw the 3D pavement art,
possibly to avoid accidentally ramming the blocks. It seems that most
of the online photos and graphic simulations are devoid of
automobiles.
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=3D+pedestrian+crossing

It is written that anything worth doing, is also worth overdoing:
https://www.funzug.com/index.php/artwork/incredible-3d-zebra-crossings-from-around-the-world.html

"Velvet rope crosswalk in Montreal, Canada"
https://800016.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/creativity/3d_zebra_crossings_03.jpg
Maybe that will work on a dedicated bicycle lane. However, I still
prefer a brick wall border.

Apparently it was one painting in one small town:

"In the small fishing town of Ísafjörður, Iceland, an exciting
development in road safety has just popped up, almost literally. A
new pedestrian crossing has been painted that appears to be 3D by way
of a cleverly-detailed optical illusion.
Icelandic environmental commissioner Ralf Trylla called for its
placement in Ísafjörður after seeing a similar project being carried
out in New Delhi, India."

The Wiki tells us that the population of Ísafjörður, Iceland, is
2,600 people. You can see a photo of the town center at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:I...ity_center.jpg
--
cheers,

John B.