Here's another transit idea from other cities. In California many of the traffic lights have on-demand signaling. The light stays green almost 100% of the time in the main direction, but when traffic is detected in the cross direction (in-street loop or pedestrian signal), the light switches ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. Effectively no one has to wait in low traffic situations. And the Charlotte thing of a pedestrian having to wait so long that jaywalking across the busy street looks appealing, well that doesn't happen.
Here's another transit idea from other cities. In California many of the traffic lights have on-demand signaling. The light stays green almost 100% of the time in the main direction, but when traffic is detected in the cross direction (in-street loop or pedestrian signal), the light switches ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. Effectively no one has to wait in low traffic situations. And the Charlotte thing of a pedestrian having to wait so long that jaywalking across the busy street looks appealing, well that doesn't happen.