Originally Posted by
downtownguy
So what is Campus Martius? Seems like it has more characteristics of a roundabout, except that it has traffic lights. But that's one of my pet peeves. With so much pedestrian traffic wanting to go inside the "circle" to the park, why do they rarely have the traffic lights at Michigan, Monroe and Cadillac Square do anything but flash yellow? Most times, there isn't so much vehicular traffic that waiting for a light would cause backups, but pedestrians are left to fend for themselves.