09-22-2017, 12:51 PM
(09-22-2017, 10:45 AM)Markster Wrote: ...
Is this actually a problem? In Toronto, they're used commonly everywhere, even on suburban arterials that carry as much traffic as Weber.
The only problem with pedestrian crossovers in this region is that there are so few of them drivers might not be familiar with them. As far as I'm concerned, the solution to that is to install them everywhere.
It just feels like we let the lawyers run the show sometimes. A full traffic light is more clear and has less legal wiggle room (though less convenient, often for all involved), therefore it is in the city's best interest to install that.
It could be, I'm not sure. I only know that it is official staff policy in the region to not install new ones, and to remove old ones at times of reconstruction. I was given the impression that this wasn't unusual in Ontario, but I don't know for sure.
Maybe it's a lawyer issue, but it shouldn't be, they're well defined under the HTA. Worse, staff are highly resistant to installing ped signals because they have a cost for traffic flow.
I can (and sometimes do) complain all day about this stuff.