Walking in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

I came across this video on multistage crossings on youtube recently, and while it isn't explicitly about pedestrian islands, it is relevant to the overarching discussion on how hostile we in North America make things to pedestrians and cyclists when they need to cross teh path of car traffic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSnSeyG74fw

Very cool. I felt like I was actually being shown the outcome of real expertise. Also I have to admit I have thought of 2-stage crossings as being bad for pedestrians; while I still think that is probably true of most North American implementations, it’s clear the problem isn’t with the 2-stage concept itself.

I do have to say that some of the signals on King St. in the LRT segment are actually pretty good. I’ve sometimes stopped for a red light which existed in order to let somebody turn left across my path, but found that by the time I had stopped the light was already turning yellow.

Yes, it really is enlightening. I raised this in my letter about traffic signals. The problem isn't with beg buttons, or anything like that, it's with how we use them, and the policies we implement to specifically disadvantage all other road users than drivers.

Ontario Traffic Man's video on the topic is excellent, another good one is from Not Just Bikes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knbVWXzL4-4&ab_channel=NotJustBikes

And here is one discussing raised crossings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OfBpQgLXUc&ab_channel=NotJustBikes

And here are two more just because they are excellent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAxRYrpbnuA&ab_channel=NotJustBikes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42oQN7fy_eM&ab_channel=NotJustBikes