My expertise in software design suggests that if there has to be a sign telling someone when they have to push the walk button, it should be where the person is most likely to be looking: At the walk signal - people are already going to check this space to see if they can walk, why not put the sign on the walk signal?
Second there are a large number of places that walk buttons can be placed at an intersection. Perhaps a walk-signal should indicate that activation required pushing a button and give the pedestrian an indication of the location of that button. But why try to solve this problem at all: Isn't there any way to automatically detect the fact that someone is waiting to cross? Using automatic detection would be one way to help put pedestrians back on par with motor vehicles. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross, Arthur Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:12 PM To: Patrick McDonnell; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Bikies] Re: Bikies Digest, Vol 47, Issue 13 Patrick McDonnell wrote <Many pedestrians aren't aware of the button requirement as there are no signs explaining that the WALK will not display unless the button is pressed.> There is a sign on every pedestrian push button that reads something like "Push Button Wait for WALK Signal" Arthur Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Suite 100 PO Box 2986 Madison, WI 53701-2986 608/266-6225 _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
