Traffic lights

[Geonz]

We just had a thread about this. I oculdn't quite translate the "human transport" site stuff into what our intersections, but I do look for the lines on the pavement and ride juste inside them and lean my bike aroiund so that at least people *think* I'm doing something clever to trigger the sensors (or maybe they think I am having a weird chamois adjustment issue). Some lights I'll trip; others I won't and it's predictable. (THe little light bike isn't as good.)
Most of the lights I go through are on timers, anyway, which means I can anticipate on my approach, based on which "walk" or "don'twalk" light is flashing. Knowing that I've got 18 seconds on flash and another 18 on solid really helps (I *love* those lights!). Other intersections have a countdown thing - where it also helps to know whether it goes to yellow at 0 or you've got another 4 seconds.
Advocacy-wise, I believe the induction loop sensors *can* be set to be more sensitive - or you could advocate for things to go on timers (though that's extremely annoying when there's no traffic). I'm not sure, but I think some of our lights do both -- sense you if you're there, and cycle through a timed cycle if nobody is detected.
Boo-flashing in the midwest... well, I'd fall off trying it, anyway, and might give myself a black eye...

[Eden]

Advocacy-wise, I believe the induction loop sensors *can* be set to be more sensitive

I am almost postive that this is true