Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPIs) are good, and places should do them...

But exclusive ped phases (widely found here in Eastern MA, rare elsewhere AFAIK) are true all-ages signal ops.

Why don't we talk more about them?

There are just some intersections where an additional 30 seconds of delay in my walking trip is more than paid back by the complete absence of drivers moving anywhere near me or my kid.

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When i worked in DC, we had maybe 5 intersections with an exclusive ped phase districtwide.

Now I have five within walking distance of my house.

Disproportionately funky grid geometry plays a role, but so does path dependence. They're common here because they've just always been common here.

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