Public Transportation and Smart Growth

moving all the pedestrian crossings to mid-block, which are more inconvenient for walkers, whom we should be encouraging, or simply adjusting the signal light timing?

it's actually remarkably easy to adjust signal timing, it does help car traffic and increases pedestrian safety.

while i appreciate that people come up with their own solutions --the reason i told you about this particular one is that it works, it's been tried in many places and it increases safety.

what i don't understand are all the people that dismiss the ideas that have been developed by traffic engineers and safety advocates in favor of ideas that are harder to do, more expensive and less tested.

my suspicion is that people mostly drive, mostly don't walk and are at some level hostile to any idea that might appear to give a car a longer red signal or a do not turn signal any more than currently --even though my solution really doesn't.