These systems work. I lived in Toronto for four years. The pedestrian
crosswalks had a button that would start an overhead hanging sign to light
up. Cars would stop in both directions and when safe the pedestrians would
cross. The cars would stay stopped until the pedestrian was safely out of
the street.
The bonus side of this was that younger people were pedestrians before
driving and so we had a positive feedback system that self perpetuated.
Josh Kroll
Powderhorn Park
n a message dated 4/10/01 9:49:49 AM Central Daylight Time,
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>
> Earlier this year, I had an opportunity to use a similar system in
> Boulder, Colorado. The signs had lights on them, actually, attached to
> the sign face. These lights would strobe when the pedestrian pushed the
> crossing button. Most drivers came to a reasonably safe and fast stop.
>
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