If You Push the Walk Button at a Seattle Intersection, Does It Make Something Happen?

by Eli SandersWhat really occurs when you hit those buttons at Seattle street corners? Spencer Platt / Getty Images
This literally existential question has now been explored by The Seattle Times and the answer, dear philosophers and other pedestrians, is that it depends:More than 30 intersections on Mercer Street — where crews installed new, adaptive traffic lights this spring — do not flash walk signs unless people call for them with the buttons.
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