Comments on: City Checking on Church Street Traffic Light Timing at Glenlake Park Entrance http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/05/08/city-checking-on-church-street-traffic-light-timing-at-glenlake-park-entrance/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Thu, 18 Sep 2014 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: SteveC http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/05/08/city-checking-on-church-street-traffic-light-timing-at-glenlake-park-entrance/#comment-385207 Fri, 10 May 2013 15:16:14 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27133#comment-385207 seems to be, DM

]]> By: At Home in Decatur http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/05/08/city-checking-on-church-street-traffic-light-timing-at-glenlake-park-entrance/#comment-384936 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:39:14 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27133#comment-384936 If traffic activated lights worked, I’d be totally for them. But they often don’t work in the City of Decatur. I don’t know if it’s the technology or the maintenance that’s usually at fault. A broken traffic activated light can be dangerous. If you are at one that is broken and want to turn left, you are in quite a quandrary. Because our streets aren’t on simple grids with all two-way streets, you don’t even have the option sometimes of turning around in place and going around the block.

]]> By: Decatur Metro http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/05/08/city-checking-on-church-street-traffic-light-timing-at-glenlake-park-entrance/#comment-384935 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:33:22 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27133#comment-384935 Looks like it was resolved as of this morning. Right?

]]> By: Patrick http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/05/08/city-checking-on-church-street-traffic-light-timing-at-glenlake-park-entrance/#comment-384752 Wed, 08 May 2013 23:31:16 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27133#comment-384752 I disagree that timed signals are universally better than demand-actuated traffic signals. Perhaps the ideal is some combination. Traffic signals are about regulating traffic, not speed, and if there is no traffic, the light shouldn’t change. I’m more patient than I used to be, but traffic signals that change on a timer at off-peak times – when there is absolutely no one waiting on a side street – can actually encourage speeding and running red lights.

I totally agree that it would be great if the people in charge monitored intersections, but there sure are a lot of them. I’m a casual cyclist who wondered if I’m triggering a traffic signal. According to wikihow.com (http://www.wikihow.com/Trigger-Green-Traffic-Lights), sensors don’t detect a vehicle’s weight, but “how much it disturbs an electromagnetic field.” There are some interesting tips that I haven’t tried yet.

]]> By: Angie http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/05/08/city-checking-on-church-street-traffic-light-timing-at-glenlake-park-entrance/#comment-384697 Wed, 08 May 2013 18:40:18 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=27133#comment-384697 I have to turn left out of my condos and don’t always have “nice” drivers who let me in and sit there for a long time. Very frustrating. Sure hope the City doesn’t move forward with a roundabout at that intersection or I’ll never get out.

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