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Please forgive me, I couldn't find the precise post, but a while back a forum member said bike signals should have a "detected" incidator.

If we followed the Finnish model, it may look something like this:

The white LED on the bottom-right of the red signal starts flashing once a car/bike/tram/bus has been detected.

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Then we adapted this as the fourth aspect on light rail lines, like K-W's flashing horizontal bar.

German F4 signal

It could be done here in Ontario...

 

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There are actually places in North America that do this.
I recently learned from @reaperexpress that Portland experimented with several different styles of indication lights. They even have Dutch ring-shaped countdowns.

There's a study available at https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56507. If I'm reading it right, I think the Dutch ring light was among the favoured options.

Here in Canada, Calgary and Halifax apparently have these bike-shaped lights that light up whenever a bike is detected.

Calgary cyclists to get detection information at Inglewood intersection - LiveWire Calgary

Calgary is piloting a new system that will better inform cyclists at traffic lights, taking some of the guesswork out of whether or not they’ve triggered a sensor. The city roads department has installed two units at a total cost of $3,000 near the pedestrian signals at the intersection of 12...

livewirecalgary.com

Almon Street Bikeway

Bikeway infrastructure along Almon Street, between Windsor and Gottingen Streets completes an important connection in the all ages and abilities network.

www.halifax.ca

And Edmonton has has these blue bulbs next to a sign:

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I definitely agree that they would help with compliance here in Ontario, as well as make it obvious whenever the bike detector isn't working.