Walking in Waterloo Region

[KingandWeber]

"Miss pushing the button by a nano-second (which happens to me all the time) and legally you are supposed to wait for that cycle to finish, the opposite cycle to finish, and then proceed when your cycle finally shows walk +90 seconds later (although it is probably longer)."

This is my pet peeve at Guelph and Weber (among other intersections). It feels as though I often rush to push the button and just barely miss it, and then wait through the cycle. It seems to me the walk signal should be activated by default every time the light turns green for motorists, and should be activated for a longer cycle (long enough for someone who is not able-bodied to cross) when the demand button is pressed.

I second this. I fume every time it happens. Default should always have some allocated time time for pedestrian crossing. There's zero harm if they do it and tons of annoyance if they don't.