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Or you know, don't have left turns and pedestrian crossings at the same time. A simple software fix of the traffic light pattern would eliminate almost all of t
by dheera 5y ago
Or you know, don't have left turns and pedestrian crossings at the same time. A simple software fix of the traffic light pattern would eliminate almost all of these fatalities.
Sequence should be
- Pedestrians in all directions including diagonal
- Traffic in horizontal direction, no pedestrians
- Traffic in vertical direction, no pedestrians
Repeat
- jeffbee 5y agoYou just doubled the expected wait time for pedestrians at every crossing.
- dheera 5y agoOK then - Pedestrians in all directions including diagonal - Traffic in horizontal direction, no pedestrians - Pedestrians in all directions including diagonal - Traffic in vertical direction, no pedestrians
- hedora 5y agoThe current status quo in south bay is at least 4 states per light cycle: Horizontal straight (vertical pedestrians Horizontal left turns (no pedestrians) Vertical straight (horizontal pedestrians) Vertical left turns (no pedestrians) So the proposal increases the time a given pedestrian can use the intersection from 25% of the time to 33%. Many simple south bay intersections have 6 states, and I’ve seen one where they’ve added a 7th state to the cycle so the bike lanes can go straight while cars have a red right turn arrow.
- jeffbee 5y agoThe south bay is a car-choked hellscape that should in no way be used as a baseline or reference for pedestrian design.
- martinald 5y agoAgreed, being from the UK this confuses the hell out of me that left turns are allowed while pedestrian crossing is green in the US. It's clearly not green if cars can also travel!