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Several times recently while attempting to walk across Whitney at the corner with Cottage, I have pressed the button to cycle the crossing light, which in theory should cause the traffic on Whitney to STOP for a RED light, and illuminate the pedestrian WALK symbol for several seconds, before the light over Whitney turns green again.

INSTEAD, on several occasions the light over Whitney has turned yellow, then red, and then IMMEDIATELY green again after about two seconds. This has the dangerous result of making pedestrians think they can safely cross, step into the street, and suddenly find themselves standing in the middle of traffic on Whitney while the light is green.

I will mention that the pedestrian "walk" symbol does NOT appear at any time, but the light turning red is normally enough for people to start walking anyway. It seems to me this must be a malfunction, because I can think of no reason for the light to turn red and then IMMEDIATELY Green again.