REDHAND DC DRIVERS
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The problem is that a scramble reduces by one-third the total amount of time each driver or walker has to cross. ThatвЂ™s where there are three phases to every traffic light cycle: one for cars traveling north and south (for example) one for cars going east and west and one for pedestrians only, who may cross diagonally. Some readers think the вЂњscrambleвЂќ or вЂњBarnes danceвЂќ is the answer. By that time, pedestrians are established in the crosswalk and turning vehicles canвЂ™t jump them.вЂќ вЂњTurning vehicles canвЂ™t start until the green. ThatвЂ™s when pedestrians are given a walk signal three seconds before cars get their green light. And the reality is, often they do, but cars waiting to turn can get backed up as pedestrians nip across.ДDOT has programmed hundreds of traffic lights with a leading pedestrian interval. That means that the red hand - donвЂ™t start crossing - now flashes longer, making people think they have plenty of time. That has changed to a slower 3 1 / 2 feet per second. The previous standard called for the light to flash for as long as it took a person traveling four feet per second to completely cross the street. ThereвЂ™s another wrinkle: In accordance with new Americans With Disabilities Act rules, engineers have changed how long the вЂњDonвЂ™t WalkвЂќ sign flashes. Said George, вЂњThe countdowns have given people the information that if they pick up the pace they can get across the street, or almost across the street, before thereвЂ™s any conflicting traffic.вЂќ There are some who believe the countdown clock - showing how many seconds until the light is red - actually confuses things. When the solid red hand comes up, donвЂ™t cross. When the red hand starts flashing, finish crossing, but donвЂ™t start. They hope pedestrians will follow the crosswalk lights, which (to reiterate) are meant to be interpreted this way: When the white, lighted figure is displayed, start crossing.

So George and his colleagues try to balance the needs of everyone, multimodally speaking. The DistrictвЂ™s police could issue tickets - the violation is a T-575 - but they have bigger fish to try. Unless you take an approach like Seattle did in the 1980s, which is to give half a million jaywalking tickets to try to control pedestrian behavior, if you delay pedestrians too long, they will just go.вЂќ вЂњWhen things get inconvenient, they just go,вЂќ George said. Pedestrians, however, arenвЂ™t so easily constrained.

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When an engineer puts up a traffic light, 99В percent of drivers wonвЂ™t drive through it when itвЂ™s red, even if it is physically possible to do so. вЂњBecause of that, they are dealing more in tools that are generally obeyed by the mode that theyвЂ™re designing for.вЂќ вЂњEngineers are used to dealing with car traffic,вЂќ he said.

One is that it is easier to control a car than it is to control a pair of feet. George is a planner, not a traffic engineer, but heвЂ™s studied the issue enough to know a few things. IвЂ™m here to ponder the pedestrian-motorist nexus. And I certainly donвЂ™t endorse mowing down pedestrians, one of whom I regularly am.

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