This city embedded traffic lights in the sidewalks so that smartphone users don’t have to look up

Few nations in the world take red traffic lights more seriously than Germany. Foreign visitors frequently wonder why crowds of Germans wait for traffic lights to turn green when there are no cars in sight. That is why officials in the city of Augsburg became concerned when they noticed a new phenomenon: Pedestrians were so busy looking at […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/04/25/this-city-embedded-traffic-lights-in-the-sidewalks-so-that-smartphone-users-dont-have-to-look-up/