08-10-2016, 04:59 PM
(08-10-2016, 02:57 PM)KevinL Wrote: What if we put in a pedestrian crossing with the *opposite* of a beg button? Have the default be a red light for traffic and a white light for pedestrians. When a car comes up to the light, a detector loop changes the pedestrian signal to a flashing red, then we go pedestrian-red vehicle-green.
I’ve been thinking along these lines for some time now, for a number of locations. I'm thinking this would be good for University at the train tracks, the right turn from Caroline onto Erb (which should be two lanes and separated from the rest of the intersection by a substantial island), Bridgeport at Laurel Trail, and probably other locations. Depending on the location, the detector could actually be placed such that car traffic going at the design speed gets a green just in time and doesn’t wait at all if the light has been green for pedestrians for sufficiently long.
Way too creative for today’s planners to even understand, much less approve. At least, that is my prediction based on experience.