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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
Yeah, but it won't happen. These are quite rare in Canada. Weather is one issue. Drunk people tossing things off the overpass is another. And then there is the accessibility issue.
The best we can hope for is a scrambled cross-walk, where everyone can cross on foot at the same time, in whatever direction. I don't know why we don't have more of these in Canada.
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Well before your time in town, but we had one at Clarence and King for many years up until I would guess the mid to late 80's, maybe into the early 90's. Once the Galleria opened and the Arcade mall closed, there wasn't really any need for it anymore as foot traffic crossing there dropped off to next to nothing. I think the addition of one at Western/Sarnia would be a good addition, but I can see the complaints coming about the perceived lack of motion when traffic is stopped in all directions. Even though traffic would move better on the green cycle because one of the things about these scramble crosswalks is pedestrians don't cross when traffic has a green. Although, we know damn well they will anyway, so maybe some enforcement for educational purposes would be needed as well.