12-17-2017, 11:06 AM
(12-17-2017, 10:21 AM)ijmorlan Wrote:(12-16-2017, 11:55 PM)timc Wrote: Gee, you know, that seems like it would be a natural place to put a railway crossing arm instead of having a pedestrian signal. Wouldn't that pretty much do what you are suggesting?
Um, yeah, actually I don’t know why that didn’t occur to me. That would make a lot of sense. Although it doesn’t really matter what sort of signal controls pedestrian movement across the tracks, as long as it only goes red in the presence of a train.
Yes, this is the problem, right now it goes red when there is zero cross traffic. It's training people to ignore signs. Just like allowing parking in no parking zones, just like the "trail closed" signs left all over the place, just like using "road closed" signs used for traffic calming.
Our cities are training people to ignore the law, very bad policy.