This new traffic light is shockingly dangerous—but still saves lives

Even cops ignore the HAWK Beacon. How then is it "safe"?
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Video Chapters:
0:00 Hook and Intro
0:30 Pop Quiz
0:53 The biggest problem plaguing American cities
1:30 America's Silliest Solution to the problem (See Me Flags)
2:26 The History of the HAWK Beacon
4:20 How does a pedestrian use a HAWK Beacon (PHB)
5:17 The phases of the HAWK Beacon for motorists
8:07 The hidden problem with the Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon
9:04 The counterintuitive design language of the HAWK Beacon
10:00 Why Americans never walk anywhere
12:11 Intial studies on the effectiveness of the HAWK Beacon
13:00 The New Jersey study on HAWK beacon effectiveness or lack thereof
14:57 Why did they have to overengineer it so much?
15:26 How UK pedestrian crossings work (Pelican, Puffin, Pedex, Toucan, Pegasus)
16:56 A slight silver lining
17:41 How to fix the HAWK beacon and other solutions
18:53 How one NJ city stopped all pedestrian deaths for the past 7 years
20:31 SPON
21:29 Bad pun and Conclusion

Thank you so much for watching! Hope you enjoyed it!

Everyday Engineering is an underrated YouTube channel (with under 2k subs!). Most of the clips from Hoboken were from his channel. Give it a watch!    • Hoboken - A Model for Pedestrian Safety  

Another great video sourced about Hoboken is this one by Streetfilms shot by Clarence Eckeron Jr. :    • See The Dramatic Street Changes Happening ...  


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