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Commission defers decision on pedestrian hybrid beacon at 2400 block of Clarksville Pike
Summary
The Traffic & Parking Commission voted to defer approval for a pedestrian hybrid beacon (PHB) that NDOT staff proposed for the 2400 block of Clarksville Pike, asking staff to answer location and design questions and return in 30 days.
The Traffic & Parking Commission deferred a proposal to install a pedestrian hybrid beacon in the 2400 block of Clarksville Pike, voting to ask NDOT for additional location and design details and to return in 30 days.
NDOT staff presented lidar-based pedestrian counts, “near-miss” heat maps and a recommendation for a PHB that would include passive lidar detection so pedestrians would not always need to press a button to activate the signal. An NDOT staff member said the device could detect a pedestrian stepping into the roadway and then trigger the beacon’s sequence.
Commissioners and members of the public questioned the…
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