<p>Borgin, I saw that in NoHo too. Of course, on more than one occasion we also observed the synchronized pedestrian crosswalk team: you stop for a pedestrian and just as they are about to clear, another pedestrian steps into the walk and then just as <em>they</em> are about to clear, <em>another</em> pedestrian steps into the walk, rinse, lather, repeat. If they had either crossed together or the intervals were longer, traffic could have proceeded.</p>