Does the Crosswalk Button Do Anything?

Pressing this crosswalk button may or may not do something. ... First and foremost, it's important to understand that crosswalk buttons aren't designed to have an immediate effect; they're just supposed to tell the system that a person is waiting to cross.

Does pressing the pedestrian crossing button actually do anything?

But many of the traffic lights on the roads that feed into the junction use timers to manage pedestrians. Generally, pushing those button during the day does nothing at all – the lights will change when they are set to. But at night time, pushing them really does interrupt the light-switching pattern.

Does pressing the crosswalk button make it go faster?

At all crossings though, the button only ever needs to be pushed once. Due to the operational rules, pressing it many times or holding it in will not make the green man appear any sooner—even if it may seem that way when you're in a rush.