12-11-2017, 01:57 PM
(12-11-2017, 01:33 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(12-11-2017, 12:41 PM)Coke6pk Wrote: I don't know what a Level 2 crossing is, but will it be like the crossing behind Fairview Park Mall where the pedestrian gets instant yellow strobe lights?
Coke
Level 1 and Level 2 crossings are just separate refinements of the existing concept of a crosswalk. Neither of them is anything fundamentally new. Each has its own specifications of what signage and signalling is required. The codification is probably a good idea for consistency, but it’s a mystery to me why planners are so impressed with them and why they think they can now do things that they couldn’t before.
At least, as far as I can tell. If somebody can come up with an understandable explanation of the real situation I would be happy to become better informed.
It has to do with policy. There was nothing physically new, just new under the regulations that engineers feel themselves required to follow.
That being said, I wasn't at all impressed with the designs, they're useless in many areas, due to requirements for distance from existing signals which make no sense in urban areas, and also preclude many of the most troublesome trail crossings.