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Why has the City gone to an about 20 second delay with a constant countdown for pedestrian crosswalks?
The crosswalk signal boxes count down from about 20 seconds with every light cycle regardless of the presence of a pedestrian. Even if no one is there at 1:00 AM there still is this 20 second delay with every light cycle. What happened to the idea that pedestrians activate the crossing signals with a pushbutton?
Was it done to increase pedestrian safety? If so I can see that from perhaps 8:00AM to 8:00PM but not 24 hours per day.
In fact it may be leading to reduced safety. I see more motorists running red lights since this change. They figure that they have, in effect, a 20 second yellow light. It's generating more impatience among drivers. It also leads to more air pollution by causing increased engine idling with the traffic light cycles being up to 50% longer.
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8 Comments
cindy (Registered User)
Also how about fixing light on whalkey and blake so that when it turns green more than 2 or 3 cars make it thru the light only to get stopped at Philip street red light.
Acknowledged Manager of Operations, Process Improvement - Transportation, Traffic, & Parking (Verified Official)
For more information on the different types of pedestrian signalization please visit the below link:
https://t2center.uconn.edu/pdfs/Signal%20Tech%20Brief_Concurrent%20Pedestrian%20Phasing_Leading%20Pedestrian%20Interval_2018_5.pdf
sparks (Registered User)
The pedestrian pushbuttons are still present and still being pressed. That’s human nature.
Tommy (Registered User)
Hi sparks,
It's a bit confusing, but here is another explanation. Hopefully, you will understand it. Since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic, our city has been trying to lessen the spread of the disease. One way was the implementation of "pedestrian recall mode". That doesn't mean the buttons have been removed. It only means nobody needs to press the buttons at any cross walks that have cross-walk buttons.
Of course the buttons still exist, so virtually everyone stills presses those buttons. I'm guilty too. I still press those buttons because I've been mentally conditioned to press those buttons since I was about 4 years old, while I only learned for the first time in my life that I no longer need to press those buttons.
It is obvious the plan to incorporate a "pedestrian recall mode" at intersections with cross-walk buttons was not researched by any behavioral psychologists. The decision was made in haste and the decision was made to appease to the wishes of people who urgently wanted to see our local government taking all possible measures to decrease the spread of the disease.
The decision to incorporate "pedestrian recall mode" was found to outway the complaints of not incorporating "pedestrian recall mode".
I hope this information helps.
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cindy (Registered User)
Closed! So it us what ut is and thats it
cindy (Registered User)
Closed! So it us what ut is and thats it