I can't quite figure out this sign.

It makes no practical sense. There is no marked crosswalk after you reach the top of the stair, even though there is a curb cut. That there is a curb cut up there, is odd enough, because it is not an accessible path. Crossing the on-ramp to the Steel Bridge isn't particularly safe, either.

Still, if you were to cross the road where the curb cut is, you'll notice that there's a double-sided curb cut at the narrow strip, which people have taken to mean that you're supposed to cross here and not at the signaled crossing some 25 feet away, as seen by the well-worn paths in the landscaping strips.

Curious, no?