Signals on Washington Avenue Transit Mall

The following was passed on to streets.mn, which is the response from officials about improving signal timings for Pedestrians on the Washington Avenue Transit Mall. “Balance” is the word used, not “Priority”. I assume pedestrians will continue to violate at will. Twelve seconds of useless wait is a long time in January.

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David Levinson

About David Levinson

<a href="https://transportist.org/david-levinson/">David Levinson</a> also blogs at <a href="https://transportist.org">The Transportist</a> and can be found [<a href="https://twitter.com/trnsprtst">@trnsprtst</a>]. Levinson has authored or edited several books, including <a href="https://transportist.org/books/the-end-of-traffic-and-the-future-of-transport/">The End of Traffic and the Future of Transport</a> and <a href="https://transportist.org/books/planning-for-place-and-plexus-metropolitan-land-use-and-transport/">Planning for Place and Plexus: Metropolitan Land Use and Transport</a> as well as numerous peer reviewed articles. He is the editor of the <a href="https://www.jtlu.org">Journal of Transport and Land Use</a>.