[IanWatson]

Yeah, this is for crosswalks at intersections. A while back (maybe 10ish years?) HRM started making it so the pedestrian walk light wouldn’t change unless you pushed the button. So you could be faced with a "don’t walk" signal while cars going the same direction had a green light. It sucks as a pedestrian because if you arrive at an intersection even 1 second after the light turns green you’ll have to wait a whole light cycle to get a "walk" signal.

They’re switching back to the old way of doing things where the walk signal will go white when the car light is green, even without a button push.