Comments on: Barnes Dance!

By: JB

JB — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:45:30 +0000

There's a Barnes Dance at 11th Street and Broadway.

By: Joe Duxbury

Joe Duxbury — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:17:25 +0000

There used to be several of these along the main street (Hay Street?)in Perth, WA. Are they still there?

By: timo forsberg

timo forsberg — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:56:59 +0000

Growing up in New Haven, I remember several intersections like this. The diagonal crossing was the funnest - except for that one time, when I was in first grade, when the cop yelled at me for leaving the curb too late. It ruined my whole day. (But made me more careful at intersections ever since...)

By: stefan

stefan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:14:15 +0000

they have this in seattle by pike's and in Reno under the Reno arch

By: 2nd Ave boy

2nd Ave boy — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:10:50 +0000

There are a few along Second Ave between 23rd & 34th Streets where 2nd meets a one way street that only comes off 2nd going westbound. This happens because there are a lot of blocked off blocks between 1st & 2nd.

By: ecm

ecm — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:21:17 +0000

A wise friend says, "You gotta make it fun for people to join in." Way to make this fun!

By: peter

peter — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:22:00 +0000

Yellow hats were key--So good.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:22:09 +0000

Do you have to return the yellow caps after you cross?

By: steveo

steveo — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:55:57 +0000

Hilarious!

Also, there's one in front of Penn Station at 32nd and 7th Ave.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:53:49 +0000

You can also do the Barnes Dance! at Chambers & Centre Streets (right near the Brooklyn Bridge).

By: Charlie D.

Charlie D. — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:11:02 +0000

I should add that in some intersections in downtown Boston, where there is heavy ped traffic, there is an exclusive (or Barnes) phase in ADDITION to the usual concurrent walk signs. This works quite well, in my opinion.

By: Clarence Eckerson, Jr.

Clarence Eckerson, Jr. — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:02:44 +0000

Killer catch:

Thanks. You are right, once we got there we thought it would look better from above, but it was enough trouble just to find six volunteers in the middle of the day and we only had about 15 minutes to shoot impromptu.

By: killer catch

killer catch — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:53:27 +0000

this is really fun!

but i wish you had shot it from above street level.

By: Christine Berthet

Christine Berthet — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:38:36 +0000

Silly you , Egg heads ..This is phenomenal !!!!!!!
we want Barnes Dances everywhere ..

By: Charlie D.

Charlie D. — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:36:36 +0000

We have a lot of exclusive pedestrian phases in Somerville, MA, where I live. They are what have historically been installed at most intersections. Unfortunately, they are pretty much all triggered by a button, which peds rarely press, since most peds wait for a gap in traffic or cross concurrently with traffic anyway.

Concurrent crossings are generally preferred, since the wait time for all road users is less. For example, if a signal is 30 seconds in one direction, 30 seconds in another, and has a 15 second exclusive walk phase, peds may have to wait up to 1 minute in order to cross. Whereas if the ped signals are concurrent, a ped will wait no more than 30 seconds.