At least in Madison, the beg buttons serve another purpose: They lengthen the time of the WALK and/or green time to cross. I.E. they make the red longer on the cross street to allow pedestrians -- who are slower to clear the intersection than people operating cars -- more time.
I can tell you from experience that the light closest to where I get off the westbound Campus Dr buses -- University Ave, Farley, and University Bay Dr -- would not be possible to cross safely unless you pushed the button. You still can't dawdle getting across University Ave without the WALK light, but you'd barely make it to the median without it. Similarly, I'm sure people have had trouble getting across East Washington on a bike when starting form a dead stop unless there is a pedestrian crossing at the same time. I'm not suggesting bicyclists should have to shimmy over to the curb to push the button, but it DOES change the length of the green. Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst 608-263-9984 (o) 608-225-0002 (c) [email protected] All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated. On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 2:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > www.citylab.com/navigator/2015/09/ask-citylab-do-walk-buttons-actually-do-anything/400760/ > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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