God that shit infuriates me. I used to live downtown in a city and only realized after moving into my apartment that I was close enough to hear a crosswalk beeper nearby. Now, I know that it needs to be there for blind accessibility, but I'll never understand why it needed to beep EVERY cycle (basically every minute it would beep for 30 seconds) instead of just when someone pushed the button. It's like, how did no one who set this thing up think about all the people living nearby who'd have to listen to this incessant beeping from 6am to 10pm???
Imagine a crossing, where you have 8 of them. Always clacking, slow or fast, and slightly drifting apart in tempo, to meet into synchronicity again after a few minutes. I'd go insane. The birds are going insane too! Since years I hear them at all times of the night, never sleeping. Interestingly near that crossing.
Edit: With at all times of the night I mean when I walk or ride along there, which can be anything from 22:00 to 05:00.
Anytime there is birdsong, now matter how late or early. Even when no cars are there, in the extra silence between 02:00 and 03:30.
