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In Boston, we cross in front of cars that have a green light :). Although honestly, the cars aren't moving because there's too much traffic to go anywhere as b

In Boston, we cross in front of cars that have a green light :). Although honestly, the cars aren't moving because there's too much traffic to go anywhere as box-blocking laws aren't enforced as it is in NYC.

r_klancer 8y ago
$1 fine for you! (....and me) https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2014/07/23/fear-getting-fined-for-jaywalking-in-boston-dont https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2014/07/23/fear-getti...
cannonedhamster 8y ago
You do not generally have right of way in a marked crosswalk if you have a signal. Anywhere that doesn't have a signal you have the right of way at all times within a marked crosswalk only, regardless of the color of light, outside of marked crosswalks pedestrians are not guaranteed right of way in MA. I used to be a Bostonian and am a current MA resident, though I work in Cambridge. I've played more chicken on Comm Ave than I care to admit. :)
- kevin_thibedeau 8y ago
  For NY, peds get right of way at all road intersections, marked or not.
carlob 8y ago
I once fell from my bike because of this behavior in Paris. I was basically in front of Notre Dame, car traffic was blocked at a green light but the bicycle lane was free. I was going at a good clip and a tourist crossed in front of me. I slammed my brakes and went over the handlebars avoiding the tourist. I'm underlining it was a tourist not because I particularly like Parisians, but because there is enough bike traffic (and little electric cars) that most Parisians know not to cross using hearing only.
arantius 8y ago
> ... box-blocking laws aren't enforced as it is in NYC. I'm from NYC and they're definitely not enforced. (Outside of rare exceptions?) They happen all the time. On the major street I live on (two lanes each way), they recently converted one lane each direction to "bus only". There's more cars than fit in one lane, and so there are /regularly/ cars blocking the box, and I've never seen any kind of enforcement, just awful effects to traffic. (Even as a pedestrian. It's hard to predict what the drivers of those cars are going to do, even if you have the signal and you're in the crosswalk.)

r_klancer 8y ago

$1 fine for you! (....and me) https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2014/07/23/fear-getting-fined-for-jaywalking-in-boston-dont https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2014/07/23/fear-getti...

cannonedhamster 8y ago

You do not generally have right of way in a marked crosswalk if you have a signal. Anywhere that doesn't have a signal you have the right of way at all times within a marked crosswalk only, regardless of the color of light, outside of marked crosswalks pedestrians are not guaranteed right of way in MA. I used to be a Bostonian and am a current MA resident, though I work in Cambridge. I've played more chicken on Comm Ave than I care to admit. :)

kevin_thibedeau 8y ago
For NY, peds get right of way at all road intersections, marked or not.

carlob 8y ago

I once fell from my bike because of this behavior in Paris. I was basically in front of Notre Dame, car traffic was blocked at a green light but the bicycle lane was free. I was going at a good clip and a tourist crossed in front of me. I slammed my brakes and went over the handlebars avoiding the tourist. I'm underlining it was a tourist not because I particularly like Parisians, but because there is enough bike traffic (and little electric cars) that most Parisians know not to cross using hearing only.

arantius 8y ago

> ... box-blocking laws aren't enforced as it is in NYC. I'm from NYC and they're definitely not enforced. (Outside of rare exceptions?) They happen all the time. On the major street I live on (two lanes each way), they recently converted one lane each direction to "bus only". There's more cars than fit in one lane, and so there are /regularly/ cars blocking the box, and I've never seen any kind of enforcement, just awful effects to traffic. (Even as a pedestrian. It's hard to predict what the drivers of those cars are going to do, even if you have the signal and you're in the crosswalk.)