Agreed! But good luck- they just revamped this intersection a couple yrs ago.
One thing that might help are longer green lights on Elm, and red light cameras (someday...) to keep people in line.

It would be good to combine this ticket with other tickets about this intersection, which is obviously highly problematic.

Totally agree. Watched a car accident here three weeks ago and have nearly been hit multiple times. Also, given the ped button location at NW corner its not clear that it helps you cross Olive going South on State.

All of the lights on this section of State Street need to be addressed. The timing is awful.

The most disappointing thing about this is that Traffic and Parking has been pretty much checked out on this, since the intersection was redone.

They did make a single attempt to ameliorate the left-turn signal from State to Grove, which still isn't actually fixed, but other than that, nothing. The fact that there are multiple tickets on this is only more proof that people are pretty angry about this intersection, both as pedestrians and as drivers.

The intersection, and many of the new "smart" intersections don't work. I would love to be able to talk to one of the engineers at Traffic and Parking to just see what the problem is. It really appears to me that they are incapable of running this complicated system, because the new intersections simply don't work the way it appears they are supposed to.

Thanks for the post. The Traffic Enforcement Division will look into this issue. I will also forward to Traffic and Parking

After waiting for several minutes, the pedestrian signal gives you 15 seconds to cross what is effectively eight lanes of traffic (take a look at the Google Maps aerial view). That's next to impossible even for the young and fit, let alone for children or the elderly. Now, given the snow, it's impossible for anyone.

By way of comparison, I believe the well-used intersection at Congress and Cedar gives you 25 seconds to cross the equivalent of four lanes; and it cycles every minute or so.

There are other intersections further down State Street (e.g. State and Court) that are almost as bad, but this is the worst. What can be done to fix this? - and, more importantly, what can be done to fix whatever equation was used to calculate appropriate crossing times in the first place? Not only is this dangerous; but, as others have pointed out, crossings like these destroy any hopes of ever changing New Haven's jaywalking culture.

I don't know if nothing has been done, or if it is actually worse. I'm sure it's the former, cause obviously it does not matter how many times this is complained about - it never gets fixed.

A video detection issue was identified and remedied.

Thanks for looking into this! But has anything been done about the time allowed for pedestrians to cross? I presume that's not a "video detection issue." It's literally impossible for anyone but the young and fit to cross this intersection in 15 seconds, and when the snow is piled up on the median strip, as it was for the last few weeks, it's even worse.

Amen. Trying to race across the street as the clock ticks down, with cars gunning their engines at the red light, is neither fun nor safe even for the young and fit. Especially for the many people who are pushing strollers or carrying groceries or work materials. The alternative is standing there for 5 minutes waiting for the "walk" indicator to light up, and then standing on the median for another 5 minutes waiting to cross the rest of the street. In light of all the endless construction, unfixed potholes, and parking limitations all over town, the city should be encouraging people to walk. Instead, they seem to be doing everything possible to make walking a miserable experience.

(Except of course for the middle of downtown, where pedestrians are clearly not trusted enough to follow the "walk/don't walk" signals, so all cars in all directions have to sit through endless red lights while pedestrians can amble every which way across the intersection. Stupidest thing ever.)

The distance was verified and the pedestrian clearance was increased to meet the requirements at 3.5'/s as defined in the MUTCD. Thank you for bring this to our attention.

Thanks for fixing this issue!

We crossed yesterday, in safety; it's a HUGE improvement.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!