(12-18-2018, 11:17 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: Here's something I've seen several times, and I was finally able to get it on video since I was a passenger. The actual train signals on University Ave are timed quite well other than triggering too early, but the traffic lights stay red for ages after the signals end. Aside from the inconvenience of having to wait for nothing, almost every time at least one driver goes through the red light. This time they stopped before actually crossing the tracks. If you look closely, there's a 20 second pedestrian signal across University Ave in the middle of the delay starting around 1:00, but the light still stays red long after it ends.
I've witnessed this several times too in the past few months but always from behind the wheel so I've never filmed it. When I saw it it also locked out the pedestrian crossing, so even they weren't allowed to cross despite repeat frustrated button pushings. I suspect this is one of those stupid cross-organizational issues where each side blames the other, with the rail guys saying "hey, our output to your box is just fine" and the traffic guys saying "no, our input from your box doesn't clear properly". Just shake hands, send out one tech each, and solve it guys!
I called the region once to report it but after keeping me on the phone for several minutes to take down my name, address, phone number, pants size, and sexual preference; I had to explain the issue several times over and then the lady on the other end just consulted a chart and said "Oh yes, they're testing in that area today" and hung up on me. Completely useless.
...K