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Highway engineers sometimes believe that if they redesign streets to improve pedestrian safety (for example, by introducing traffic calming techniques) they might be successfully sued for negligent design by motorists. This chapter suggests that in such situations, governments are likely to be protected by discretionary function immunity. In addition, the chapter discusses a variety of technical issues.

Talk based on my longer article "The Criminalization of Walking" (now at https://works.bepress.com/lewyn/106/ ). I note that I gave a similar speech at Limmud New York on 2-20-17.