mercedo's Journal: Pylon

Some people think pylon beside the main road is an obstacle. Indeed here in Japan almost all electricity was still carried through pylon. Our roads are narrow. The existence of pylon makes the road narrower. So some people think them dangerous and they should be taken away and be dug into the Earth.

I have a different idea. They are very useful when we walk beside the road. They prevent us from collision by car. I was beside the pylons while a car was away.

Out here in California

[Degrees]

Out here in California, the telephone poles are furthest away from the street, so the pedestrian is still exposed to automobile traffic. That is to say the order of things is 1) road, 2) pedestrian sidewalk, 3) telephone poles.

In my home town, the wires strung along the poles look absolutely horrid. I would much prefer they be buried underground. However, we don't have much earthquake activity. I can understand that in Japan, it makes sense to keep the wires above ground to provide for rapid repair after a

Re:Out here in California

[mercedo]

In Tokyo 23 special districts anyway we can hardly find any electric poles -almost all are dug in underground. In the case of Tokyo or more advanced city alike we can find a road for cars and a pavement for pedestrians and trees are planted in equal distance in pavement for pedestrians. This is a perfect model in a very planned city. Here in my home town, there are many cases we can find only one road for cars, pedestrians, electric poles.