{"id":561533,"date":"2026-07-22T09:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=561533"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:58:36","slug":"minsk-gets-its-first-diagonal-pedestrian-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/minsk-gets-its-first-diagonal-pedestrian-crossing","title":{"rendered":"Minsk Gets Its First Diagonal Pedestrian Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Minsk has introduced its first diagonal pedestrian crossing. It has been installed at the intersection of Nemanskaya and Lidskaya streets.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Minsk City Executive Committee&#8217;s Traffic Police Department, pedestrians can now cross the intersection not only perpendicularly to the streets but also diagonally. During the pedestrian crossing phase, traffic from all directions is stopped.<\/p>\n<p>The new traffic signal pattern has also made it possible to install special signs allowing cyclists and riders of personal mobility devices (PMDs) to cross the roadway without dismounting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-561437 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-22_09-34-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-22_09-34-32.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-22_09-34-32-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-22_09-34-32-1200x982.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-22_09-34-32-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-22_09-34-32-489x400.jpg 489w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-22_09-34-32-978x800.jpg 978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minsk has introduced its first diagonal pedestrian crossing. It has been installed at the intersection of Nemanskaya and Lidskaya streets. According to the Minsk City Executive Committee&#8217;s Traffic Police Department, pedestrians can now cross the intersection not only perpendicularly to the streets but also diagonally. During the pedestrian crossing phase, traffic from all directions is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":561532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a60863f73940.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Minsk Gets Its First Diagonal Pedestrian Crossing"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-society"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}