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The city has launched a pilot program to make intersections safer for pedestrians. At several busy corners, the walk signal now —startsopensbeginslaunches a few seconds before the light turns green for cars. Early data suggests this small change has helped —reducelessenshrinkease the number of near-misses. Drivers are reminded that they must —yieldsurrendersubmitgive to anyone already in the crosswalk, even on a green light. If the trial proves successful, the city plans to —extendstretchwidenspread the design to dozens of other intersections next year.