[gs17]

The crosswalk buttons around me are a frustrating mess. I used to live on a street where the intersection to the main road had a sensor that either couldn't detect my car or just didn't work at all. The only way to get a green light was to have someone get out and hit the crosswalk button, which quickly changes the flow of car traffic.

Meanwhile, I have not seen this behavior anywhere else in the city where it would make sense. Instead, we have almost all crosswalk buttons that do nothing, a few that turn on a light so drivers can know you want to cross (they won't stop, but they'll know), and a few where you will never have a walk signal unless you hit the button, but the light timing does not change. I have watched plenty of tourists helplessly trapped at an intersection not knowing why it never changes.

[kjkjadksj]

I’ve seen a bus driver get out of the bus, run across the road, and press a crosswalk button to get a light to cycle quicker.