I just noticed while walking into work yesterday (NE Sandy Blvd near NE 28th Ave) that the walk signal now has a time limit. It runs down at 15 to zero seconds to allow a walker to cross the marked pedestrian crosswalk.

Timed cross walk signals will give the walker more assurance in terms of the time they need to cross from one side of the road to the other.

Timed crosswalks, if they spread throughout the greater Portland Oregon area, will create a new atmosphere in which the walker versus the car gets an upper hand.

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