http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?031027ta_talk_paumgarten New York is replacing WALK/DON’T WALK signs with signs that display either a large white figure in mid-stride or a large orange hand. (Paumgarten snidely describes this as the “Zurichification of our street corners.”)
The hand has always seemed to me a little disproportionate in comparison to the walking man; here we have beautifully-proportioned green walking men and red standing men. (I was once irritated when someone complained that they’re all men, partly because I couldn’t defend the practice…) 11:01
