Sharraxaadda
The new cycle of lights at Bloor/Yonge and at Dundas/Yonge seem to be weird, certainly different from scrambles I've seen in other cities.
One phase gives the intersection over to pedestrians; no cars are allowed. This is a good thing.
Two phases permit N-S and E-W vehicular traffic, but includes N-S and E-W pedestrian traffic as well.
I rather think that those two phases should be given over to vehicles ONLY.
After all, we (pedestrians) have had a free run for (??) seconds.
Now we (vehicles) ought to be allowed full use of both lanes for travel.
Instead, the right-hand lane is blocked by the first vehicle waiting to turn right; that vehicle must wait for all pedestrians to cross before it can proceed.
perhaps some car driver can confirm my view?
2 Faalladas
Trevor (Martida)
Stuart (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
The type of scramble at Yonge/Dundas is used where there is a large volume of pedestrians, there is a lack of sidewalk space, pedestrians would not wait and where there are concerns for the safety of visually impaired pedestrians. Toronto adopted this scramble type because of storage problems on the north- west corner of the Yonge Street/Dundas Street intersection. There were concerns that
pedestrians would spill over onto Dundas Street if additional opportunities were not provided for
pedestrians to also move concurrent with the east-west and north-south traffic.
http://www.toronto.ca/transportation/walking/pdf/pedestrian_scramble_crossings.pdf