NYC Crosswalk Buttons are Inoperative

Posted by michael on Saturday February 28, 2004 @07:19AM from the technological-pacifier dept.

cdneng2 writes "NY Times has an article that New York crosswalk push buttons are actually ineffective. Apparently, New York City deactivated most of the pedestrian buttons long ago with the emergence of computer-controlled traffic signals. From the article, 'More than 2,500 of the 3,250 walk buttons that still exist function essentially as mechanical placebos, city figures show.' Well, apparently New York city isn't the only city like this. I guess the answer lies in the same reason why people press the elevator button more than once."

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Mods by stateofmind · 2004-02-28 07:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

So after all this time of repeatedly pushing the reload button, I wasn't gaining mod points? It just had to with the content of my post?

Bastards....
Re:Most Dangerous Intersections by M.+Baranczak · 2004-02-28 15:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Someday a real rain'll come and wash all this scum off the streets...