Description
When the light on Riverside turns green, the pedestrian signal on the north side at Intervale does not default to “walk” and only switches to walk on the next light cycle if the button is pushed. This makes anyone showing up to the crosswalk have to wait a full cycle, or just cross with a “don’t walk” signal despite plenty of time to cross with the green light. This should be fixed so there is a default walk signal every cycle
11 Comments
Acknowledged DPW Pine Customer Service (Verified Official)
Traffic Signal Engineer (Verified Official)
Traffic Signal Engineer (Verified Official)
That Guy (Registered User)
This might be a prime location for a bike specific signal that would sync with the primary traffic signal, so it is green when the light is green, red when it is red, etc.
Traffic Signal Engineer (Verified Official)
That Guy (Registered User)
Closed Traffic Signal Engineer (Verified Official)
That Guy (Registered User)
Traffic Signal Engineer (Verified Official)
That Guy (Registered User)
Ok, I get all that, and thank you for the discussion. But, given that in reality most people traveling on a bike either up or down the hill on the MUP are going to look at the green light for a parallel stretch of road and assume it is ok to cross the intersection, regardless of what the pedestrian signal says, how do we make it safe for them to do so?
It is completely impractical and unrealistic to expect someone on a bike to stop, press the beg button and wait a full cycle when the Riverside light is already green. Regardless of what MUTCD says is the right thing to do, sometimes reality is a bit more complicated. If you could plan for the actual behavior of people on foot, on bikes and in cars at this intersection in current conditions, what would you change to eliminate the current confict?
Traffic Signal Engineer (Verified Official)