Originally Posted by sggoodri
Which intersection is this? Such a button would be hard to activate from the left turn only lane, or from the middle of the through lane - the two places I stop when I'm not turning right (typically allowed on red anyway).
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Vancouver and its suburbs have started installing a lot of these. On my morning commute thu New Westminster i go thru about 5 of these. They are mostly on side streets labeled as bike routes crossing a busy main street. They are placed on the right hand curb, right at the edge nearest the street, with the button facing the street. No need to get off the bike to press it. (most people i see using them stay clipped in and use the post to hold themselves up till safe to go.
The ones i activate daily work on what seems to be about 5 second delay. There isnt even enough time to take a drink before the light switches after pressing them. Very fast, rarely have to unclip, and no time to cool off waiting like slow ones.
I agree they dont work on multi lane roads since on those we need to be in lanes other than the curb lane to turn, etc. But for the situations I described above i find them working quite well.