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Beg buttons (aka crosswalk buttons) in pedestrian-heavy areas should be green to pedestrians, red to drivers by default. Drivers should roll the windows down, and press the beg button and wait for their turn. Cities are for people first, not machines· If they can roll their windows down in drive-ins, they can role to beg for permission to cross.

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Detecting a cars arrival at an intersection has been a solved engineering problem for many decades (pressure plates 60+ years ago, induction loops today). It’s a much harder problem for a 150lb pedestrian with a small footprint who isn’t magnetic. The other challenge with induction loops is for cyclists on higher end bikes with carbon frames/rims.

Enough of subsidizing fancy tech to for drivers convenience. Taxpayer should not pay for drivers not to have to open their windows. If they can't roll down their windows, then they should not be driving.

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