I'm inclined to agree, Eden... I can't wait to live somewhere bike-friendly.....*sighs*

I found this in the DelDOT Bike Plan: "Support facilities such as parking devices, transport racks on buses, and signal detection for bicycles shall be considered for incorporation into transportation projects during planning and project development. Bicycle friendly drainage grates shall be used to replace parallel bar grates on all roadway reconstruction and rehabilitation projects or replaced individually upon request."

I work for the gub'mint. I know what "shall be considered" means....."we'll toss this idea around and then chuck it out the window, just to say that we considered it." Methinks that I'm out of luck. I intend to email our Pedestrian and Bike Coordinator, just to see what his take is on it.

FWIW, I did find this article about traffic sensors while Googling: http://www.humantransport.org/bicycl.../detection.htm. Very informative!