--- title: Saving Texting Pedestrians From Themselves description: Traffic signals in the street for texting pedestrians, ending the undermining of the U.S. presidency and more. canonical: https://time.com/4311133/saving-texting-pedestrians-from-themselves/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-28T16:00:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:03.940Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Saving Texting Pedestrians From Themselves og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4311133/saving-texting-pedestrians-from-themselves/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Saving Texting Pedestrians From Themselves twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Saving Texting Pedestrians From Themselves by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Apr 28, 2016 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Apr 28, 2016 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**For texting pedestrians, this town put traffic signals in the pavement.**](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/04/26/german-city-installs-traffic-lights-in-pavements-to-protect-text/) By Cara McGoogan in the Telegraph **2\.** [**We need to stop delegitimizing the American presidency.**](http://theweek.com/articles/620763/dangerous-delegitimizing-american-presidency) By Peter Weber in the Week **3\.** [**To combat ISIS propaganda, Hollywood should tell better stories.**](http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2016/04/war-narratives) By the Economist **4\.** [**The U.S. needs more flexible, modifiable, adaptable weapons.**](http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2016/04/us-needs-more-weapons-can-be-quickly-and-easily-modified/127787/) By Andrew Hunter in Defense One **5\.** [**These new tools are helping patients take control — even in the emergency room.**](http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-tools-help-patients-make-tough-decisions-in-the-er-1461608262) By Laura Landro in the Wall Street Journal  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4311133/saving-texting-pedestrians-from-themselves/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4311133/saving-texting-pedestrians-from-themselves/"},"headline":"Saving Texting Pedestrians From Themselves","datePublished":"2016-04-28T16:00:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:03.940Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4311133/saving-texting-pedestrians-from-themselves/","keywords":["Innovation","texting","ISIS","Weapons","presidency"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4311133/saving-texting-pedestrians-from-themselves/","name":"Saving Texting Pedestrians From Themselves"}}]}] ```