Shouldn’t pedestrian lights be consistent?

By Lethbridge Herald on November 19, 2025.

Editor,

I read Ken Moore’s letter about synchronized traffic lights with interest. I agree, it would be wonderful if the light was green for us all the way down. 

An issue that I and some of my friends have with traffic lights, is that some of them, on the green light, the walk countdown to zero turns into a stop hand for several seconds, then the light turns yellow, while others immediately turn into a yellow light after zero.  Wouldn’t it be safer and cause less confusion, if they were all the same over the whole city? Either/or, just consistent. 

If there is a good reason that there are these two different types of signals, please someone from the city enlighten us.  Thank you so much.

Roxanne Cooke
Lethbridge