Originally Posted by
ScottCommutes
On another related note, a few bigger and more complex intersections do not have enough time in the yellow phase to allow a cyclist who starting legally crossing at the end of the green to make it through the intersection at normal bike speed.
My fair city started pulling that crap, a short green followed by a three second yellow. I complained, and was told to use the button for the walk light.
O-o-o-okay. It takes me about 12 seconds to cross five lanes of traffic with a median. The walk sign (which I used to time myself) starts counting down from 30 seconds. I'd really like to get the bike club to conduct an operation, where cyclists came to one of these intersections once per light cycle and slowed everyone down for 5-10 traffic light cycles. How long do you think it'd take traffic engineering to revise the new plan?