Plenty of traffic problems can be and have been fixed around here. For example, at Cambridge Street and Columbia Street in Cambridge, the retiming of the light has basically eliminated the huge backups that used to occur there, *without* making things worse for pedestrians.
This makes things a lot better for people who ride the 69 bus. Cars can use alternate routes when there's traffic -- buses can't.
There are plenty of situations where it isn't a trade-off between making things better for cars and pedestrians. For example, the light at the center of Davis is inconvenient for everyone. For several of the crosswalks, there's often a red light for cars yet still no walk light for pedestrians, who have to sit around waiting for no reason until the entire intersection gets walk lights.
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Date: 2008-09-15 08:10 pm (UTC)This makes things a lot better for people who ride the 69 bus. Cars can use alternate routes when there's traffic -- buses can't.
There are plenty of situations where it isn't a trade-off between making things better for cars and pedestrians. For example, the light at the center of Davis is inconvenient for everyone. For several of the crosswalks, there's often a red light for cars yet still no walk light for pedestrians, who have to sit around waiting for no reason until the entire intersection gets walk lights.