Comments on: Mapping pedestrian traffic light timing in Sydney, Australia https://jakecoppinger.com/2023/06/mapping-pedestrian-traffic-light-timing-in-sydney-australia/ Jake Coppinger's blog and portfolio. Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:13:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Jake C https://jakecoppinger.com/2023/06/mapping-pedestrian-traffic-light-timing-in-sydney-australia/#comment-734 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 01:30:15 +0000 https://jakecoppinger.com/?p=735#comment-734 In reply to null.

Thanks!

I’m very supportive of adding this data into OSM if possible, but I don’t think dynamic SCATS timing would be suitable

> This proposal does not cover, and is not intended to cover, the following scenarios:
> …
> – Signals that dynamically interact with each other

]]> By: David James https://jakecoppinger.com/2023/06/mapping-pedestrian-traffic-light-timing-in-sydney-australia/#comment-693 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 05:01:43 +0000 https://jakecoppinger.com/?p=735#comment-693 Jake – a great initiative. I live on CBD-edge. Been a car-less pedestrian for 40 years!! Often find myself waiting at intersections for lights to change. (Time to consider & think.) Have noted the delay problems at various intersections. Have reported to Council, but seems they are hamstrung by the (over) controlling RMS.
I long ago learnt that “no one tells the RTA/RMS what to do”; any criticism/ suggestions are immediately dismissed as ‘we know best’.)
Railway Sq. (George, Pitt Lee, Quay Streets) is a classic intersection where one can stand and watch no pedestrians and no vehicles moving for periods – even at peak hour.
Encourages impatient peds to disregard lights and cross anyway. At some risk.
Timers (have seen many elsewhere) help overcome impatience BUT need to be both ‘How long left to cross’ AND ‘how long to wait for a green’. Good luck on your campaign.

]]> By: Grant King https://jakecoppinger.com/2023/06/mapping-pedestrian-traffic-light-timing-in-sydney-australia/#comment-692 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 23:50:34 +0000 https://jakecoppinger.com/?p=735#comment-692 Jake, I came to learn about your work via the article on the ABC this morning. I feel we’re missing a big point.

I get infuriated when I’m standing facing a green traffic light at a crossroad but a red walk light. There’s no traffic in any direction for miles. I press the button, and we have to go through an entire cycle where the traffic light goes red, then green for the road I want to cross, then back to both green for traffic and walk for my direction.

This is so brain dead. The signal should be wired to sense that there’s no traffic and instantly give me a green walk signal.

That’s the way it works in more advanced countries. Even the USA, where cars are king.

Keep up the good work,

Grant

]]> By: null https://jakecoppinger.com/2023/06/mapping-pedestrian-traffic-light-timing-in-sydney-australia/#comment-329 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:07:11 +0000 https://jakecoppinger.com/?p=735#comment-329 this is awesome, in case you haven’t seen it here’s a fairly current proposal for including this type of info on an osm intersection node https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Traffic_Signal_Timings

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