What are countdown crosswalk signals?
These signals have a visible countdown display which begins to count down to zero when the “DONT WALK” display starts to flash. When zero is reached, the “DONT WALK” display becomes solid and the corresponding road signal turns from green to yellow. These are now found in the UK and in the US and Canada in AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, QC, TX, UT, and VA. A photo of one in Watkins Glen, NY is at http://plover.net/~green/?ny414-s-ny409_2 (from http://plover.net/~green/roadtrips/rt011001.shtml#oct07 ). Taiwan has an animated version. Amsterdam, Netherlands has a version which counts down to the beginning of the walk phase. Oct 8, 2004 11.
These signals have a visible countdown display which begins to count down to zero when the “DONT WALK” display starts to flash. When zero is reached, the “DONT WALK” display becomes solid and the corresponding road signal turns from green to yellow. These are now found in the UK and in the US and Canada in AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, NM, NY, NC, OH, ON, OR, QC, TX, UT, and VA. A photo of one in Watkins Glen, NY is at http://plover.net/~green/?ny414-s-ny409_2 (from http://plover.net/~green/roadtrips/rt011001.shtml#oct07 ). Taiwan has an animated version. Amsterdam, Netherlands has a version which counts down to the beginning of the walk phase.
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