Tab CombsJun 8, 2023

Hey there #RoadSafety & #TrafficSignals brain trust:

The NE leg of this intersection has a signalized #crosswalk w/ beg button. Town staff just converted it to rest-in-walk, which is lovely. But there's a permissive yellow that allows drivers from the arterial to turn left while the #walk sign is active.

We may have the option to* either*:

* keep the rest-in-walk
or
* eliminate the permissive yellow but lose the rest-in-walk

WWYD?

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Show threadElizabeth YeomanJun 8, 2023
@DrTCombs I didn't know what "rest-in-walk" was so looked it up and found this "By using 'Rest in Walk,' the crosswalk will sit in the Walk interval until a conflicting vehicle or pedestrian places a call." But how do they "place a call"? And if they can "place a call", why would there also be a permissive yellow turning light? Here in #stjohns we don't have either of those features--car drivers just turn when they feel like it.
Show threadTab CombsJun 8, 2023

@yeoman My guess is cars place that call by driving over detector loops in the left turn lane, and I'm also guessing that this particular intersection has no detector loops for the left turn lane in question, and there's no $ for changing that. So it just defaults to permissive yellow instead.

I'm not happy with that answer but I think it is accurate in this case.

Show threadElizabeth Yeoman
@DrTCombs thanks--not a good answer but sounds like the right one.
Jun 8, 2023 at 7:59pmWeb