Comment by mazugrin2
7 months ago
The cones aren't to alert the pedestrians the the crane. The cones are to mark out a path in the road for pedestrians and to alert auto drivers to that path. As an American I get that you don't typically walk anywhere but I can't believe you've never ever encountered a set of high visibility cones marking out a temporary path around construction equipment on a roadway.
In much of the US the default is to close the sidewalk if it exists and require pedestrians to use the other side of the road.
I've found this very annoying on a recent trip to the USA.
There's 3+ lanes of road. Close one of these lanes to cars and let the pedestrians use it!