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Originally Posted by BoiseBMW
Wow. I'm really sad to hear that. That is going to snarl traffic up at university and capital real bad. The new light at royal really cut down on the wait time. Not sure why they need to put in a second cross walk. A bridge would have been very cool.
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This project will not be on-demand. It will be two-phased and timed with the signals to the north and south. In other words, the southbound crossing won't trigger until the Ann Morrison/Capitol light goes red. The northbound crossing won't trigger until Royal is red. ACHD's project description is somewhat misleading. Yes, something happens when a pedestrian pushes the button. But, the light will only trigger once the aforementioned intersections have changed. Think Grove and 9th.
105,000 peds/bikes crossed Capitol Blvd. between Boise State and the Lusk District in November alone (those data include a down week on campus as well). Any time you're pushing close to 1 million annual ped crossings on a corridor, more can likely be done.