Toronto Pedestrian Crossing Signal with Countdown Timer (Victoria Park Avenue)

The majority of Toronto pedestrian crossing signals include a feature not commonly found in many other Canadian cities--countdown timers--which I find extremely beneficial to controlling pedestirans. Especially on very busy roads, pedestrians who start crossing too late and hold up traffic can be a significant hindrance to motorists.

Canadian pedestrian crossing signals, in contrast to most American ones I've seen, also use graphical symbols rather than words, which I think to be a better system.

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• Toronto
• pedestrian
• crossing
• signal
• countdown

[wileyk209zback]

I saw some of those in St. Johns, New Brunswick back in 2008

[jonathan19960804]

@wileyk209zback :

But Canada faces up, while USA faces downwards !

[wileyk209zback]

We have a lot of crosswalk signals with countdown timers here in the USA.