04-09-2021, 05:09 PM
(04-09-2021, 04:39 PM)Bytor Wrote: 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.