Originally Posted by
render ranger
It's a standard crosswalk button. The crossing lights only trigger after someone pushes the button, they are red by default.
The STOP marking on the pavement is 2 feet behind the button?
Which one does one respect? And is it a STOP or a Light?
I do find those normally red lights where one has to get all the way to the light to push the button to be rather annoying. Although we have worse button placement in some places around here.
Especially if the lights are slow cycling, so one has to get all the way to the intersection to activate the light, then invariably one has a long wait.
Of course, it is better than no button, or a button way on the right side of the road (or on a sidewalk) when one is turning left (and in this case, no buttons on the center island if one gets stuck there).
Why not just time the lights along the boulevard. And, time this one to activate in synch with all the other ones. It wouldn't significantly impact traffic movement, and may well help vehicles get used to seeing a light there.