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Upset_Mess t1_iybnbar wrote

Reply to comment by B0bb3r7 in Why are traffic lights in Pittsburgh timed so poorly? by rickyrichboy

They should really do the traffic flow like what I saw in London. Light turns red for all cars in the intersection. All cars stop - all pedestrians walk. Then only the cars do their thing. Pedestrians should not be able to cross while cars are turning. God help you in downtown when you need to make a left, risking your life against oncoming traffic while dealing with not mowing down the endless stream of peds who also have a green light. And no one seems to bother with walk/don't walk. Green is go for peds no matter what.

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fakesloover t1_iydmyrt wrote

corner of penn and 6th is like that downtown. as a pedestrian, it's nice. no idea why every other intersection isn't the same

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the_real_xuth t1_iyedi4q wrote

There are many proponents of this. There are also lots of people who are deeply against this who also have valid reasons. This exists in PGH in places where pedestrians at the light tend to outnumber automobiles at the light.

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jumprcablips t1_iyc4lwj wrote

Some lights do this the problem is people walk to slowly, because it’s America so fat and lazy, and instead of a ped light being 10 or 15 seconds to cross like a normal human crossing a rode it’s 30 or 40 so it just backs up traffic more. Pedestrians are part of the problem. The signs say yield to people WITHIN the crosswalk but people just take there entitled ass out into the street

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LostEnroute t1_iycthx8 wrote

Car brain thinks people walking around are entitled?

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SendAstronomy t1_iycvazc wrote

Maybe if you got your fat ass out of your car and tried walking you would understand that cars don't own the road.

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