Most of the stop lights in my area include operating on a timer. They are not tripped by a car, nor do they change when pedestrians hit the crossing light buttons. It gets irritating in the off season when the traffic is lighter.
When I moved to Ocean City/Bethany beach, MD and DE, traffic lights were turned off from October 1 until May 1. Ocean City maybe had 500 year round residents on a 9 mile long and 4 block wide peninsula. I could ride my bike the whole strip, down and back, while seeing a half dozen cats, or less. The lights off was stopped in the early 80's due to the increase in full time residents.