Burden, based in High Springs, already is familiar with the city's efforts near Tropicana Field. It's one of the best remade sections I've seen anywhere in the country. It's a combination of different qualities. The trees help define a people place. They are being tried out at several intersections downtown.
Plans call for more to be installed.
The moving-eye feature, which has a pair of eyes flicking back and forth in the pedestrian signal box, is to encourage people to look closely at the street before crossing. St. Petersburg may become the first in the country to use the signals widely, Burden said. Their effectiveness is being researched. He has researched walking and bicycling conditions in more than 200 cities around the world and has worked as a bicycle consultant in China for the United Nations in 1994. Burden will field questions at the CONA meeting.