Buzzman you're a panic!
One thing I found interesting is they put a curb lane down a road in my neighborhood where there is no sidewalk and the joggers and strollers came out in droves. And I think the character of the road changed from "high speed motoring short cut" to a more civil neighborhood collector street as a result. Since there are many roads in MD with no sidewalks and narrow lanes I was thinking of trying to sell a multi-use wide curb lane as a way to minimize ROW requirements, give joggers something softer to run on and give cyclists some extra width.
Anyway while a lot of post were in jest I really wounder what a JF of pedestrian issues would uncover. I would not be surprised at all that vehicular walking would be found to be safer.