You would realize that  pedestrians have lost their exclusive right on sidewalks. You will see the misery of the disabled, the old, a pregnant woman, pram-pushing mother, and a schoolboy or girl on foot. The sidewalks have been encroached upon by numerous promotion boards or traffic instructions and many other things.

Even at some intersections, the Saher cameras are installed without the least consideration for the pedestrians. Now crossing an intersection is becoming a life and death game. The size of walking areas at intersections is contracting. There are no signals for people with visual impairments or cautionary sound and light warnings for other pedestrians at intersections.

The sidewalks in Saudi cities have been designed with the least consideration for its users. The reason could be attributed to the poor imitation of designing standards of advanced countries and then execution by contractors, engineers and workers with the least idea of what they are doing. It is quite apparent that they execute works without any respect for the safety of pedestrians, particularly at intersections.

It is unfortunate to note that our cities lack the basic humanitarian touch. It is primarily the responsibility of planners and engineers to make the streets more humanitarian. Planning and designing for all is a universal need. Our engineers, contractors and decision makers should attend training programs for such planning.

We pedestrians demand equality with those who drive cars although the two differ vastly in strength. Our cities are designed and being expanded with the single aim of facilitating greater traffic movement.

On the other hand, our goal should be to give humane face to our cities.