Description

All three intersections below regard one way streets. with no turns on red, such that when the traffic traveling from one way is stopped, the pedestrian is actually prohibited - yes prohibited - from crossing. Before these locations used to automatically turn to the white walk signal before the pandemic and now they do not. This is really perilous. Most walkers are dumbfounded and flummoxed and cross against the red stop anyway anyway because it is illogical and a new phenomenon. Quite simply, this is really dangerous. because the design doesn't take into account human psychology.

1. Elm traveling East, intersected by Temple by the LIbrary. When traffic is stopped on Elm, pedestrians trying to cross it west cannot unless we "beg the button" and then still have to wait. Again this is new, before the pandemic the pedestrian signal was automatic. Pedestrians are stopped and traffic is stopped on Elm even though no vehicles are allowed to turn into the intersection since it is a one way.

2. Grove traveling West, intersected by Prospect/College. Pedestrians traveling north attempting to cross Grove, on the east side of Prospect must wait a long while, hands in our pockets, while traffic waits too. Pedestrians not understanding the logic thus venture through and several have almost literally gotten killed.

3. Grove traveling West, intersected by Church, by People's Bank. Another busy intersection and the same deal: pedestrians crossing north by Bruger's Bagels must wait, hands in their pockets and thus many venture out and cause havoc.

Never mind the sanitary aspect of touching light buttons to beg. The bottom line is human behavior is such that humans will assume the crosswalks are broken, especially when touching the beg button elicits no response - many do not either give way tactilely, light or beep.