02-14-2017, 03:35 PM
(02-14-2017, 02:30 PM)timc Wrote:(01-23-2017, 04:55 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I'm not sure what you're referring to? Bicycle signals always change with every cycle.
Frankly, most pedestrian signals should too.
I missed this reply before. My suggestion is to have the bicycle crossing signal at Erb and the spur line change every cycle, regardless of whether a bike is there or not. Are you saying that it does? Because I haven't noticed that.
This is definitely what happens. But I'm not sure what you mean by each cycle? It's an on demand ped crossing, so it turns to ped crossing, and the bike signal always turns green.
The region should really consider optimizing these signals further:
1. There's no reason to turn the ped crossing on when there's only a bike present (because bikes cross faster than people on foot).
2. There's no reason to turn the ped walk sign on for longer than 1-2 seconds. Pedestrians are already expected to group, and thus only need a moment to go. Leaving it on for an extended period is a car oriented policy that makes no sense at a trail crossing.
These changes would allow the light to cycle faster which would save everybody time.