Tag: LPI

• What City of Sacramento ISN’T doing

  The City of Sacramento, that bastion of doing the least amount possible, has failed to notice that progressive cities in the US and worldwide are making changes to their environment to make is safer for people who walk and bicycle, and more efficient and welcoming for people outside of cars. What the city is NOT…

  Dan Allison

  2022/09/24

  bikeability, City of Sacramento, walkability

  beg buttons, crosswalks, daylighting, failure to yield, leading pedestrian interval, LPI, parking, sidewalks, traffic diverter

• 13th & J intersection

  I want to acknowledge Enzo of Streets Are Better for reminding me of this intersection and provoking me to write now in more detail. Two previous posts change the signal at J St and 13th St and J & 13th needs a pedestrian scramble were briefer and did not cover all the issues. The intersection of 13th…

  Dan Allison

  2021/02/28

  walkability

  13th-St, crossing time, crosswalks, J St & 13th St, J-St, LPI, pedestrian signal

• LPIs and bicyclists

  Following on to the benefits of leading pedestrian interval (LPI) signals for walkers, more LPIs, these signals can also benefit bicyclists. I routinely see bicyclists proceeding on the pedestrian signal, before the traffic signal has turned green, at every location with a LPI. And that’s what I do. Technically it is not legal to do…

  Dan Allison

  2021/02/26

  bikeability

  bicyclist, leading pedestrian interval, LPI

• more LPIs

  I wrote some while ago about leading pedestrian indicator (LPI) signals, which give the pedestrian a head start of a few seconds before the parallel traffic light turns green. So far as I know, Sacramento has not added any locations to the list of eleven. But the city should. In fact, I’d argue that any…

  Dan Allison

  2021/02/26

  walkability

  crosswalks, leading pedestrian interval, LPI, signal, walkers

• Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) signals

  Questions about using Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) signals at the community meeting on crosswalks reminded me that I had information on these in the city for some while, but hadn’t shared it. A LPI signal gives the pedestrian a 3-second (or more, but the Sacramento ones are all 3 seconds) head start, with the walk…

  Dan Allison

  2018/03/22

  walkability

  City of Sacramento, lead pedestrian interval, LPI, walkability