I'm fairly convinced, with the exception of a handful, pretty much all the crossing buttons in Brooklyn NY are placebos. I've seen people roundhouse kick the t

I'm fairly convinced, with the exception of a handful, pretty much all the crossing buttons in Brooklyn NY are placebos. I've seen people roundhouse kick the thing (not an exaggeration) and it makes sense to have one that doesn't work since if it did previously, this treatment would kill it in no time. Also, newer ones are popping up that aren't spring based, but are touch sensitive instead. Basically a shiny Aluminum or Zinc knob that beeps to let you know it's pushed. I think these are more effective since with the old ones, you're not even sure if the push got received. It makes sense to have buttons that work in places where people actually expect functionality and such is desired. Not in a place where the default is impatience followed by vandalism.