City officials had cancelled the main fireworks-and-laser-light countdown on the Bund one week earlier out of concern about oversize crowds.
There was a light drum countdown, an LED floor, footprint fireworks (which sounds like straight-up fantasy), and a giant "scroll" made using a massive LED screen.
Bicycle lanes line streets, whose lights have countdown mechanisms to enhance rider and pedestrian safety.
Reduce wait time at lights (consider having push buttons that pedestrians can activate to request the walk signal) Having lights with the countdown function that lasts for the duration of the pedestrian crossing, for instance, count down the full 60 seconds that pedestrians have to cross, may be a better technology to implement at various crosswalks.
As part of a 1959 promotion, children sent in empty Kraft marshmallow bags for a chance to own a 29-foot spaceship equipped with astronaut suits, countdown lights and an "astro projector for space observation".
Though a tragic run of crashes has killed three pedestrians and a cyclist in New York in recent days, speed bumps, pedestrian countdown lights and slow zones around schools mean that the city now has fewer deaths each year than when it started counting in 1910.
Users program the $30 device, left, with information about skin tone and any sunscreen that has been applied, and the monitor, using a photo cell to measure light conditions, starts a countdown.
Downtown Los Angeles has been transformed into an urban village of pedestrians, and police have been picking them off one by one, writing tickets for entering a crosswalk after the red light flashes and the countdown begins.
(Ages 3 to 6) In the happy spirit and chunky illustration style of "Counting Kisses," here's a countdown from "10 tiny lights" to "one magical day for families".
The German luxury carmaker said Monday that several cars in its 2017 lineup will be available with a cloud-computer-connected countdown timer for red lights, displayed on the instrument panel and heads-up display.
