04-10-2016, 01:52 PM
(04-09-2016, 10:16 PM)TMKM94 Wrote: Does anyone know why there are so many traffic lights between Green St. And Union St? They added a set at the Main Entrance to Grand River Hospital and ones at Mt.Hope St. (so now there are 5 sets of traffic lights between those streets) I thought traffic lights had to be spaced out more so there wouldn't be traffic jams, that's the excuse for the intersection of Victoria and Patricia not having lights anyways, IMO that intersection is way overdue for Traffic lights.
A design decision they made is that any intersection that allows traffic across the LRT right-of-way requires signals. Since that area has a lot of required access points (2 hospital entrances, local streets) it just means it adds up. Ideally, the LRT will have some amount of signal priority, which means that cars going alongside will get to ride the green wave along with it.