@meganL

And that #BegButton for the #PedestrianCrossing? Even in the most perfect non-#winter conditions, it favours vehicular traffic so much that I am often NOT QUITE all the way to the curb on the other side.

Again, busy 4-lane feeder road with plenty of roaring traffic. 🙄😡

9/x

#yegRoads
#Edmonton
#PedestrianSafety
#crosswalks

@meganL

I mean, sure, to get to the new stop one also has to hit a #BegButton that has been explicitly timed for traffic on a four-lane (six if parking lanes are included) major feeder road.

Depending on whether the bus is on time or not, one can be early for the bus but still watch it whiz past as one awaits the #PedestrianLight to change.

Then it'll be another 20-30 min to await the next one, with no shelter from #traffic, #wind, or #rain / #snow.

7/x

#yeg

@straphanger #Funfact: one doesn't need a "#BegButton" for #cars and #motorcycles as their #metal #frames generate enough of a #MagnetField that #coils detect them.

• This doesn't work with humans tho unless we'd all wear safety boots with sheetmetal plates in the sole!