(07-24-2017, 10:44 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: The lights right in front of the main WLU entrance on University are beg buttons, which seems absolutely ridiculous. When the light went green for me on University on a Sunday evening, I had pedestrians in both crosswalks who had gotten frustrated that the car triggering the light change didn't trigger a walk signal for them. Considering drivers easily hit 60 in that stretch, a bit of a recipe for disaster.
I saw the same thing this morning. Not really early in the morning, not late at night. 9 am on a Monday morning at the main entrance to a university and you have to push a button to cross University Avenue. Ludicrous. Of course, no one thought to push the button (why would you?), and one guy ran across as the light was turning yellow. And while it annoys me when pedestrians cross against signals, I couldn't even blame him.