02-02-2018, 03:02 PM
(02-02-2018, 02:49 PM)nms Wrote: 504 was passing north at UW around 11:00-11:30 today at a very slow pace. Unfortunately the passage through the UW station happened just as class was changing. There was some confusion about whether barriers should be obeyed even though the vehicle was clearly traveling in the opposite direction. Generally, the barriers were obeyed. In one case, pedestrians were about 1/3 of the way across when the signals went off and they had to dash back to their starting point (and somewhat under the descending barrier).
On a related note, what's the time between when the barriers start activating (eg the equivalent of a flashing hand or amber light) and when the crossing is fully protected? From what I saw, the time was very short. This could cause problems if pedestrians happen to be particularly slow (eg children, seniors, disabled).
5 seconds from lights flashing to the beginning of gate deployment. 15 seconds to full gate deployment