Single issue voter

[two-stabs.livejournal.com]

Hello,

Can someone tell me who caters least to families, children, and "no turn between 7-9 a.m." signs in the upcoming election?

Thanks!

Comments

[m00n.livejournal.com]

This whole "pedestrians must wait for every single direction to stop" problem seems to mainly be the result of traffic engineers trying to avoid having people in crosswalks being struck by drivers making left turns on a green light. Apparently this is one of the most common ways for a pedestrian to be injured in an intersection. I think the solution of having all lights be red when the walk signal is on is kind of excessive, but I'm not sure I have a better solution really.

[two-stabs.livejournal.com]

If traffic is so bad people are being hit by folks taking left turns, presumably the offender would be relatively easy to catch and prosecute.

[m00n.livejournal.com]

I think usually traffic planners try to avoid letting it get to that point.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

All-way walk phases are not as popular any more with traffic engineers.

For some of the crosswalks in the main Davis intersection (namely the ones where the road is one way towards the intersection), the pedestrians get a Don't Walk even while no vehicles can legally be crossing the crosswalk. So even if the planners want to provide an all-way walk phase, those crosswalks should still have Walk lights during the other phases when no cars would be turning across.