Stangest Traffic Lights

[jay8g]

Oh, and then there's this signal, which has a flashing yellow circle indication. This is really strange because SDOT has many normal flashing yellow arrow signals.

I live very close to that, and that is a flashing arrow I believe. 

45th St. used to have a flashing yellow ball for 19th Ave and 20th Ave, but that was changed last March to flashing yellow arrows.

Nope...

[jakeroot]

Oh, and then there's this signal, which has a flashing yellow circle indication. This is really strange because SDOT has many normal flashing yellow arrow signals.

I live very close to that, and that is a flashing arrow I believe. 

45th St. used to have a flashing yellow ball for 19th Ave and 20th Ave, but that was changed last March to flashing yellow arrows.

Nope...

There's an identical setup at the end of the I-5 off ramp (read: "Boylston Ave") at Roanoke:

[roadman65]

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.0069419,-82.1048811,3a,75y,341.67h,97.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXQtBKpYp9JhS-W7p6jU7zw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

For Florida this is definitely strange, but for Kentucky this is normal.

Obviously some one in Plant City's traffic engineering fell in love with the Blue Grass State's visor installation and decided to implement it here in the Winter Strawberry Capital.

[paulthemapguy]

Oh, and then there's this signal, which has a flashing yellow circle indication. This is really strange because SDOT has many normal flashing yellow arrow signals.

I live very close to that, and that is a flashing arrow I believe. 

45th St. used to have a flashing yellow ball for 19th Ave and 20th Ave, but that was changed last March to flashing yellow arrows.

Nope...

A flashing yellow means the same as a solid green ball, technically--it's an indication that you should proceed because you have the right-of-way.  We see this in places that have the standalone 1-section signals over rural intersections (example: https://goo.gl/maps/HmGqs2eRcXT2 ). So they should REALLLLY change this!!!

[spooky]

Oh, and then there's this signal, which has a flashing yellow circle indication. This is really strange because SDOT has many normal flashing yellow arrow signals.

I live very close to that, and that is a flashing arrow I believe. 

45th St. used to have a flashing yellow ball for 19th Ave and 20th Ave, but that was changed last March to flashing yellow arrows.

Nope...

A flashing yellow means the same as a solid green ball, technically--it's an indication that you should proceed because you have the right-of-way.  We see this in places that have the standalone 1-section signals over rural intersections (example: https://goo.gl/maps/HmGqs2eRcXT2 ). So they should REALLLLY change this!!!

Sort of but not really. Solid green means you can proceed. Flashing yellow means you can proceed cautiously.

[paulthemapguy]

Sort of but not really. Solid green means you can proceed. Flashing yellow means you can proceed cautiously.

So you don't drive cautiously by default?  Uh oh, watch out for this guy!

[spooky]

Sort of but not really. Solid green means you can proceed. Flashing yellow means you can proceed cautiously.

So you don't drive cautiously by default?  Uh oh, watch out for this guy!

I thought you were talking about what the signals mean, rather than my personal interpretation of them.

[doogie1303]

Does anyone know if anymore yellow-red pedestrian phase signals still exist in Massachusetts? Last time I saw one was in south Boston back in 2003

[RobbieL2415]

The only (to my knowledge) two-phase lights in CT.  Always found it unique.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.658349,-72.8668603,3a,75y,16.09h,80.75t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWgb9u0JkerFxI_OF4EbfxA!2e0!5s20121001T000000!7i13312!8i6656

[jeffandnicole]

The only (to my knowledge) two-phase lights in CT.  Always found it unique.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.658349,-72.8668603,3a,75y,16.09h,80.75t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWgb9u0JkerFxI_OF4EbfxA!2e0!5s20121001T000000!7i13312!8i6656

When would it ever turn to the other color, if ever?

[Ian]

The only (to my knowledge) two-phase lights in CT.  Always found it unique.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.658349,-72.8668603,3a,75y,16.09h,80.75t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWgb9u0JkerFxI_OF4EbfxA!2e0!5s20121001T000000!7i13312!8i6656

When would it ever turn to the other color, if ever?

Probably when the intersection is on flash mode, and when it is, the top section will flash yellow. Here's a similar set up along NY 17 at NY 17A in Tuxedo Park:

[Scott5114]

How can you have a thread on the stangest traffic lights without mentioning the very stang art deco light at Paseo & Linwood in Kansas City?

Photo by David Backlin.

[mariethefoxy]

this install in Delaware has extra red sections for some reason.

[Alex4897]

this install in Delaware has extra red sections for some reason.

Perhaps the presence of a fire station a bit down DE 299 to the right has something to do with it.  These signals were replaced a couple years ago with mast arms and 12-12-12s.

[freebrickproductions]

this install in Delaware has extra red sections for some reason.

Perhaps the presence of a fire station a bit down DE 299 to the right has something to do with it.  These signals were replaced a couple years ago with mast arms and 12-12-12s.

They might've also had strobes. I've seen a few installs around Alabama like that:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.8730575,-85.8129809,3a,23.7y,184.71h,98.55t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjQ3nk3szHa5MFbW4WO_MeQ!2e0

[NE2]

Do the stangy light...do the stangy light...

[Ian]

this install in Delaware has extra red sections for some reason.

Perhaps the presence of a fire station a bit down DE 299 to the right has something to do with it.  These signals were replaced a couple years ago with mast arms and 12-12-12s.

They might've also had strobes. I've seen a few installs around Alabama like that:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.8730575,-85.8129809,3a,23.7y,184.71h,98.55t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjQ3nk3szHa5MFbW4WO_MeQ!2e0

I'm almost 100% sure they're what Alex mentioned. There are similar ones within the DE 141/DE 4 interchange in Newport that are red incandescent signals with "FIRE" written on them that flash whenever there's a call.

[cl94]

this install in Delaware has extra red sections for some reason.

Perhaps the presence of a fire station a bit down DE 299 to the right has something to do with it.  These signals were replaced a couple years ago with mast arms and 12-12-12s.

They might've also had strobes. I've seen a few installs around Alabama like that:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.8730575,-85.8129809,3a,23.7y,184.71h,98.55t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjQ3nk3szHa5MFbW4WO_MeQ!2e0

I'm almost 100% sure they're what Alex mentioned. There are similar ones within the DE 141/DE 4 interchange in Newport that are red incandescent signals with "FIRE" written on them that flash whenever there's a call.

Lackawanna, NY has that at its fire stations. These are stang for another reason, as New York fire signals are almost always 3 section.

[freebrickproductions]

I'm almost 100% sure they're what Alex mentioned. There are similar ones within the DE 141/DE 4 interchange in Newport that are red incandescent signals with "FIRE" written on them that flash whenever there's a call.

Love the neon peds at that intersection:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7138635,-75.6082651,3a,9.6y,176.04h,95.87t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sETRkSRIS1pScfu5FbBGFrA!2e0?hl=en

[cl94]

I don't think I even need to write a description for this famous one. Syracuse, NY.

[jeffandnicole]

I'm almost 100% sure they're what Alex mentioned. There are similar ones within the DE 141/DE 4 interchange in Newport that are red incandescent signals with "FIRE" written on them that flash whenever there's a call.

Love the neon peds at that intersection:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7138635,-75.6082651,3a,9.6y,176.04h,95.87t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sETRkSRIS1pScfu5FbBGFrA!2e0?hl=en

??

That's just a standard LED Walk/Don't Walk signal (which I learned are sometimes called Man/Hand signals)

[Ian]

I'm almost 100% sure they're what Alex mentioned. There are similar ones within the DE 141/DE 4 interchange in Newport that are red incandescent signals with "FIRE" written on them that flash whenever there's a call.

Love the neon peds at that intersection:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7138635,-75.6082651,3a,9.6y,176.04h,95.87t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sETRkSRIS1pScfu5FbBGFrA!2e0?hl=en

??

That's just a standard LED Walk/Don't Walk signal (which I learned are sometimes called Man/Hand signals)

If you look very closely, you can see the outline of the neon tubing behind the hand/man lens.

[paulthemapguy]

I don't think I even need to write a description for this famous one. Syracuse, NY.

What amazes me about this...is that they bothered to replace the bulbs with composite LEDs...but still didn't bother to turn the assembly upside down.  Or, you know, build a signal that has more than one signal head for each approach...Isn't this super-illegal?

[cl94]

I don't think I even need to write a description for this famous one. Syracuse, NY.

What amazes me about this...is that they bothered to replace the bulbs with composite LEDs...but still didn't bother to turn the assembly upside down.  Or, you know, build a signal that has more than one signal head for each approach...Isn't this super-illegal?

Irish neighborhood. I don't know how true the rumor is, but there was supposedly a public outcry when Syracuse wanted to flip it around. One head per approach is the traditional New England method of installing signals and this is far from the only example in New York or New England. That installation likely dates from the 70s or earlier.

[tckma]

Near where I grew up:

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7790206,-73.5307668,3a,75y,131.32h,69.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skC_-wCUP4VXG0Zjf1CpKzg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Why bother with the straight arrows?  A signal assembly at a similar intersection near where I now live omits them: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5895088,-77.0060282,3a,75y,243.89h,87.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srEV8DCdq079RKZWyNRTscA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656