Editing Pedestrian crossing (section)

===Warning lights===
To warn the oncoming traffic, these warning lights usually only rapidly flash when a pedestrian presses a button to use the crosswalk.
* In-pavement lighting oriented to face oncoming traffic ([[Embedded pavement flashing-light system]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkinginfo.org/pedsmart/tlite.htm |title=Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Center |access-date=9 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202062227/http://www.walkinginfo.org/pedsmart/tlite.htm |archive-date=2 December 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In-pavement, flashing warning lights oriented upwards (especially visible to children, the [[short stature|short-statured]], and [[smombie]]s)<ref>{{citation |title=German traffic light for smartphone zombies |date=29 April 2016 |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/apr/29/always-practise-safe-text-the-german-traffic-light-for-smartphone-zombies}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://xwalk.com/|title=Crosswalk Lights, Pedestrian Crossing Signs|website=Traffic Safety Corp.}}</ref>
* Pole-mounted, flashing warning lights (mounted similar to a traffic signal).
*Pedestrian warning signs enhanced with LED lights either within the sign face<ref>[https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49231 Embedded LEDs in Signs], Federal highway Administration, May 2009</ref> or underneath it.<ref>Van Houten, Ron and & Malenfant, J.E. Louis, [https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/interim_approval/ia11/stpetersburgrpt/index.htm Efficacy of Rectangular-shaped Rapid Flash LED Beacons], Retrieved 25 March 2011</ref><ref>[https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo59261 Impacts of LED Brightness, Flash Pattern, and Location for Illuminated Pedestrian Traffic Control Device], Federal Highway Administration, May 2015</ref>

In areas with heavy snowfall, using in-pavement lighting can be problematic, since snow can obscure the lights, and snowplows can damage them.