The concept of a ”Burma Shave” comes from an American shaving cream company that posted advertising messages targeting motorists across a series of roadside billboards. The DTES Pedestrian Safety Project borrowed the idea to encourage motorists to drive more carefully along Hastings Street. Click on the images to enlarge.
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Comment By: Downtown Eastside Pedestrian Safety Project » Blog Archive » Community Outreach
April 26th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
[...] community on a daily basis for about four months doing surveys, handing out leaflets, conducting Burma Shaves, postering, giving workshops, and collecting traffic data. Occasionally we went to other [...]