Yeah, this was the case at Anderson/51 too. Impossible to cross on bike after pushing the bike button, but possible with the ped button. I think they were planning on changing this, but I haven't validated yet. You also get a red light before you finish crossing Park St from Parr to FH on a bike.
On Thu, Sep 3, 2015, 13:21 Robbie Webber <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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