Pedestrian
noun
A person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle.
The car nearly hit a pedestrian crossing the street.
Often appears as...
- pedestrian crossing
- pedestrian traffic
adjective
Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull.
His speech was rather pedestrian and did not inspire the audience.
Often appears as...
- pedestrian speech
- pedestrian idea
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Disapproving
noun
A person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle.
The car nearly hit a pedestrian crossing the street.
Often appears as...
- pedestrian crossing
- pedestrian traffic
adjective
Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull.
His speech was rather pedestrian and did not inspire the audience.
Often appears as...
- pedestrian speech
- pedestrian idea
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Common Signage
The word 'pedestrian' is often seen on signs indicating walking areas or crossings.
Notice the 'pedestrian zone' sign in the city center.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Context
'Pedestrian' is used in contexts discussing safety on roads and pathways, especially in laws.
Drivers must yield to pedestrians at crosswalks.
Pro Tip 3/3Urban Planning
The term 'pedestrian' is used in urban planning to designate areas intended only for walking.
The new park will have several pedestrian pathways.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Signage
The word 'pedestrian' is often seen on signs indicating walking areas or crossings.
Notice the 'pedestrian zone' sign in the city center.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Context
'Pedestrian' is used in contexts discussing safety on roads and pathways, especially in laws.
Drivers must yield to pedestrians at crosswalks.
Pro Tip 3/3Urban Planning
The term 'pedestrian' is used in urban planning to designate areas intended only for walking.
The new park will have several pedestrian pathways.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Signage
The word 'pedestrian' is often seen on signs indicating walking areas or crossings.
Notice the 'pedestrian zone' sign in the city center.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Context
'Pedestrian' is used in contexts discussing safety on roads and pathways, especially in laws.
Drivers must yield to pedestrians at crosswalks.
Pro Tip 3/3Urban Planning
The term 'pedestrian' is used in urban planning to designate areas intended only for walking.
The new park will have several pedestrian pathways.
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Video examples
Chris Urmson: How a...
Whereas a self-driving system can look at that pedestrian and say, I don't know what they're about to do, slow down, take a better look, and then react appropriately after that. So it can be much safer than a driver assistance system can ever be. So that's enough about the differences between the two. Let's spend some time talking about how the car sees the world.
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Your brain on video...
many other advantages in terms of attention, and one aspect of attention which is also improved for the better is our ability to track objects around in the world. This is something we use all the time. When you're driving, you're tracking, keeping track of the cars around you. You're also keeping track of the pedestrian, the running dog,
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James Kunstler: How bad...
You know, that's not good enough. We have to do good buildings. The street trees have really four jobs to do and that's To spatially denote the pedestrian realm, to protect the pedestrians from the vehicles in the carriageway, to filter the sunlight onto the sidewalk, and to soften the hardscape of the buildings
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Elon Musk: A future...
then they're occluded by the truck. You would know intuitively, OK, that pedestrian is going to pop out the other side, most likely. A computer doesn't know it. You need to slow down. A skeptic is going to say that every year for the last five years, you've kind of said, well,
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The Guerilla Cyclists of...
pedestrian is on the top of the cars jorge has actually become kind of a local superhero for his activities he goes by the name peatanito which means little pedestrian he wears a black and neon green costume and patrols the streets helping people
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How computers learn to...
on the laptop. And it's important to remember that this is a general purpose object detection system, so we can train this for any image domain. The same code that we use to find stop signs or pedestrians,
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Is human evolution...
an adaptation similar to that of deep diving seals. Though it may seem pedestrian by comparison, the ability to drink milk is another such adaptation. All mammals can drink their mother’s milk as babies.
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Building bridges and...
I go home really excited and Google search who builds pedestrian bridges in the developing world there are two hits the first seemed far too legitimate to respond to a twenty-something student
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How do self-driving cars...
uses a narrow invisible infrared laser. It can image features as small as the button on a pedestrian’s shirt across the street. But how do we determine the shape, or depth, of these features?
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David Attenborough...
ascend to the ground they're bold and intelligent animals and negotiate the dangers of the road as confidently as human pedestrians do indeed city
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Chris Urmson: How a...
Whereas a self-driving system can look at that pedestrian and say, I don't know what they're about to do, slow down, take a better look, and then react appropriately after that. So it can be much safer than a driver assistance system can ever be. So that's enough about the differences between the two. Let's spend some time talking about how the car sees the world.
Video examples
Your brain on video...
many other advantages in terms of attention, and one aspect of attention which is also improved for the better is our ability to track objects around in the world. This is something we use all the time. When you're driving, you're tracking, keeping track of the cars around you. You're also keeping track of the pedestrian, the running dog,
Video examples
James Kunstler: How bad...
You know, that's not good enough. We have to do good buildings. The street trees have really four jobs to do and that's To spatially denote the pedestrian realm, to protect the pedestrians from the vehicles in the carriageway, to filter the sunlight onto the sidewalk, and to soften the hardscape of the buildings
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Elon Musk: A future...
then they're occluded by the truck. You would know intuitively, OK, that pedestrian is going to pop out the other side, most likely. A computer doesn't know it. You need to slow down. A skeptic is going to say that every year for the last five years, you've kind of said, well,
Video examples
The Guerilla Cyclists of...
pedestrian is on the top of the cars jorge has actually become kind of a local superhero for his activities he goes by the name peatanito which means little pedestrian he wears a black and neon green costume and patrols the streets helping people
Video examples
How computers learn to...
on the laptop. And it's important to remember that this is a general purpose object detection system, so we can train this for any image domain. The same code that we use to find stop signs or pedestrians,
Video examples
Is human evolution...
an adaptation similar to that of deep diving seals. Though it may seem pedestrian by comparison, the ability to drink milk is another such adaptation. All mammals can drink their mother’s milk as babies.
Video examples
Building bridges and...
I go home really excited and Google search who builds pedestrian bridges in the developing world there are two hits the first seemed far too legitimate to respond to a twenty-something student
Video examples
How do self-driving cars...
uses a narrow invisible infrared laser. It can image features as small as the button on a pedestrian’s shirt across the street. But how do we determine the shape, or depth, of these features?
Video examples
David Attenborough...
ascend to the ground they're bold and intelligent animals and negotiate the dangers of the road as confidently as human pedestrians do indeed city
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Sucheta Dalal
India is a little different from the developed world because discipline of any kind is alien to us. Along with the right to spit in public, we will resist all attempts to discipline our driving. As pedestrians, we will cross any road at will, and as cops, we will view traffic offences as business opportunities.
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James Howard Kunstler
American Author
Parallel parking is desirable for two reasons: parked cars create a physical barrier and psychological buffer that protects pedestrians on the sidewalk from moving vehicles; and a rich supply of parallel parking can eliminate the need for parking lots, which are extremely destructive of the civic fabric.
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Frank Herbert
American Writer
The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian.
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Prince Charles
English Royalty
The whole of the 20th century has always put the car at the center. So by putting the pedestrian first, you create these livable places, I think, with more attraction and interest and character.
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Jack Lowden
Scottish Actor
One trap you can fall into when playing someone iconic is to end up doing everything in an iconic way, no matter how pedestrian or mundane that thing is.
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Tom Waits
American Musician
I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.
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Karl Iagnemma
American Writer
When a driverless car looks out on the world, it's not able to distinguish the age of a pedestrian or the number of occupants in a car.
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Bill Dedman
American Journalist
In Minneapolis, the overhead sky walks protect pedestrians from the winter cold and snow.
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Thomas Dewar
Scottish Businessman
There are two kinds of pedestrians... the quick and the dead.
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Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
I can definitely dance, but pedestrian dancing.
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Sucheta Dalal
India is a little different from the developed world because discipline of any kind is alien to us. Along with the right to spit in public, we will resist all attempts to discipline our driving. As pedestrians, we will cross any road at will, and as cops, we will view traffic offences as business opportunities.
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James Howard Kunstler
American Author
Parallel parking is desirable for two reasons: parked cars create a physical barrier and psychological buffer that protects pedestrians on the sidewalk from moving vehicles; and a rich supply of parallel parking can eliminate the need for parking lots, which are extremely destructive of the civic fabric.
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Frank Herbert
American Writer
The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian.
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Prince Charles
English Royalty
The whole of the 20th century has always put the car at the center. So by putting the pedestrian first, you create these livable places, I think, with more attraction and interest and character.
Quote examples
Jack Lowden
Scottish Actor
One trap you can fall into when playing someone iconic is to end up doing everything in an iconic way, no matter how pedestrian or mundane that thing is.
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Tom Waits
American Musician
I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.
Quote examples
Karl Iagnemma
American Writer
When a driverless car looks out on the world, it's not able to distinguish the age of a pedestrian or the number of occupants in a car.
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Bill Dedman
American Journalist
In Minneapolis, the overhead sky walks protect pedestrians from the winter cold and snow.
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Thomas Dewar
Scottish Businessman
There are two kinds of pedestrians... the quick and the dead.
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Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
I can definitely dance, but pedestrian dancing.
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