Pedestrian Beacons: General and Specific Climate Crimes

First of all, it is gallilng to watch healthy climate lemmings (joggers or runners) hit the stop traffic button without first assessing the traffic flow. Many times I have seen several cars followed by a long gap of no cars. The knee jerk "entitlement" of unnecessarily stopping traffic is a climate crime.

In almost 50 years of crossing Forest Hill Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, I have never had to wait for more than a few minutes for a lull in vehicular traffic. The traffic lights at the end of Semmes Avenue and at Roanoke create waves of traffic. Claiming the need for a $800,000 climate cancer (34th Street) because a pedestrian was killed on Semmes Avenues begs many questions which won't be asked here.

The Calculus of Reality from the Mother Nature's Math:
"How much CO2 is released from an idling car?
An hour of automobile idling and combusting hydrocarbons burns approximately one-fifth of a gallon of gas and releases nearly 4 pounds of CO2 into the air. That is 48 ounces per hour or 0,8 ounce per minute.

A 150 pound person daily generates 1.5 pounds (24 ounces)  from combusting carbohydrates. That is one ounce per hour or 0.016 ounces per minute. Pedestrian nomally cross in one minute but cars often wait till the beacon stops flashing. Thus, based on the Calculus of Reality from the Math of Mother Nature, the igknowant, stupid predestrian indirectly causes 40 ounces of CO2 or 2.5 pounds of CO2 by pushing the beacon button.  

Is this a good bargain for the future? 40.0 ounces versus 0.016 counces.

Crossroads Coffee Shop Beacon:
Really, Really, Really Unneeded
Part of the 34th Street Dealey Plaza 2 traffic plan is a pedestrian beacon at 3600 Forest Hill Avenue in front of Crossroads Coffee Shop. Consider this fact:
  1. The north side of Forest Hill Avenue has chainlink fence that extends 80 feet beyond the traffic lights at Semmes, Dundee and Forest Hill intersection  and comes within 80 feet of the Roanoke traffic lights. Both sets of traffic lights has pedestrian stop traffic buttons.
  2. A pedestrian wanting to visit Forest Hill Park would gain no time savings nor increased safety by a new pedestrian beacon in front of the coffee shop.
  3. The coffee shop has outside seating which would be inconvenienced by stopped traffic in noise and pollution. Will your coffee and sandwich taste better as a diesel semi belches smoke.
  4. Based on the Calculus of Reality from the Math of Mother Nature, this unneeded $100,000 pedestrian beacon will forever put tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.

Have it your way: 28th Street Pedestrian Beacon.

Have it your way: 28th Street Pedestrian Beacon
Part of the Dealey Plaza #2 plan was to "calm" traffic with a new pedestrian beacon on Semmes Avenue. The aforementioned coffee shop beacon is mid-way between the two existing traffic lights. The recently installed (2023) 28th Street pedestrian beacon is not centered between existing lights at 26th Street and the end of Semmes (de facto 35th Street).

Old traffic lights at 26th

New traffic beacon at 28th

Logically, it should be at 30th street. Why isn't it? Simple. Look at who lives on 27th Street between the old and new traffic stoppers:

Who? The councilmember who championed "calming" Semmes Avenue
with the 34th Street climate cancer:
Stephanie Lynch

One of many reasons to recall her.

All pedestrian beacons should be assessed for real need and removal, e.g., Stephanie Lynch's at 28th Street and Forest Hill Park at 41st Street. H

umanity can afford injured or killed people who do not know how to cross streets. Humanity cannot afford the CO2 sinning from trying to protect  igknowarmuses from their choosing not to know. Igknowance of the law is no excuse. Igknowance of Mother Nature is not escape.