Traffic signal

[cl94]

And then this starts up: http://youtu.be/oYeql9xE19k#aid=P-KmGRP3O7U

They replaced the controller on it when that city upgraded their siren system recently.
The siren stays at full speed on the first cycle, but then every cycle after that, the siren doesn't reach full speed.
Here's how it sounds now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iiv0Tdrw2Q

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!! They killed it! Those things did always scare the crap out of me. Closest siren to my house during the couple years I lived in Columbus, OH was a 1000T. Never got used to it.

[Brandon]

And then this starts up: http://youtu.be/oYeql9xE19k#aid=P-KmGRP3O7U

Death from above

Run for the storm shelter, Auntie Em!

[roadman65]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Winter+Park,+FL/@28.600644,-81.351072,3a,75y,156.76h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s2VNTwxBzwwwiTEHLtLJVeg!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x88e7701bdba629c5:0xc63f82952cf5ee20
Some old signals I found in Winter Park, FL.  Also look at the crosswalk signals as well.  They are old and non MUTCD compliance with the old fashioned WAIT and WALK instead of the hand and person.

[signalman]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Winter+Park,+FL/@28.600644,-81.351072,3a,75y,156.76h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s2VNTwxBzwwwiTEHLtLJVeg!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x88e7701bdba629c5:0xc63f82952cf5ee20
Some old signals I found in Winter Park, FL.  Also look at the crosswalk signals as well.  They are old and non MUTCD compliance with the old fashioned WAIT and WALK instead of the hand and person.

What great gems!  I hope they live on for a long time.   

[M3019C LPS20]

Shore Front Pkwy. Queens, New York. 2000. From Jeff Saltzman.

[SignBridge]

Unbelievable! Only in NYC in the 21st Century!

[M3019C LPS20]

Unbelievable! Only in NYC in the 21st Century!

I remember these well. At the time, Queens was the only borough that still had them in service in some areas, such as Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, and the Rockaways. I always loved to watch them operate.

They continued to dwindle in the 2000s, and the last handful were removed sometime in 2006. I was rather sad, but at least I still have memories of them.

[M3019C LPS20]

What is also interesting to mention is that some of these two-section heads were retro-fitted with L.E.D. inserts. Some units were partially converted, while others were completely altered.

Many were modified in the late 1990s, when the D.O.T. first experimented with red L.E.D. inserts in Queens.

[M3019C LPS20]

An advertisement regarding the Marbelite type M-P6L. The company's first and only polycarbonate signal. It was designed in the mid 2000s for solely the city of New York. Because of this, the pedestrian signal meets N.Y.C.D.O.T. specifications.

[6a]

I've been trying to catch this phase for some time now to no avail...until today! Ackerman Road at Kenny Road, Columbus.

[cl94]

I've been trying to catch this phase for some time now to no avail...until today! Ackerman Road at Kenny Road, Columbus.

I remember seeing that and thinking it was broken. Then I saw it again. And again. Horrible.

[6a]

Yeah, it bugs the shit out of me. This is the full picture to show the entire setup since I'm sure there will be questions.

[M3019C LPS20]

That was common throughout Pennsylvania for a long period of time.

[Ian]

That was common throughout Pennsylvania for a long period of time.

It's still kind of common. Here's an example in Collingdale, with new signals hooked up to an old controller.

[kj3400]

One at Edmondson Ave and Franklin St: http://goo.gl/maps/evD40

[Big John]

One at Edmondson Ave and Franklin St: http://goo.gl/maps/evD40

That's even worse as the through traffic has a green signal.

[wisvishr0]

One at Edmondson Ave and Franklin St: http://goo.gl/maps/evD40

That's even worse as the through traffic has a green signal.

iPad

Why is that? Wouldn't you have the green orb on the doghouse signal on as well?

[cl94]

One at Edmondson Ave and Franklin St: http://goo.gl/maps/evD40

That's even worse as the through traffic has a green signal.

iPad

Why is that? Wouldn't you have the green orb on the doghouse signal on as well?

But the doghouse wouldn't have a red. That's just asking for trouble.

[kj3400]

One at Edmondson Ave and Franklin St: http://goo.gl/maps/evD40

That's even worse as the through traffic has a green signal.

iPad

Why is that? Wouldn't you have the green orb on the doghouse signal on as well?

It apparently only turns on when that lane is open to straight ahead traffic. Just before the signal is a light up sign (http://goo.gl/maps/1Pyqy) that changes whether the 2nd from left lane is right turn only or straight only. when the sign is lit to the latter, the doghouse will only show the green (actually a straight ahead arrow). The whole arrangement is weird, as the right turn signals are only red when the pedestrian signal has a walk phase. Fortunately, this signal's days are numbered with the Baltimore Red Line on the way and Baltimore refitting signals in general.

[wisvishr0]

It apparently only turns on when that lane is open to straight ahead traffic. Just before the signal is a light up sign (http://goo.gl/maps/1Pyqy) that changes whether the 2nd from left lane is right turn only or straight only. when the sign is lit to the latter, the doghouse will only show the green (actually a straight ahead arrow). The whole arrangement is weird, as the right turn signals are only red when the pedestrian signal has a walk phase. Fortunately, this signal's days are numbered with the Baltimore Red Line on the way and Baltimore refitting signals in general.

Oh, that explains it. Ugh, so confusing.


iPad

[PColumbus73]

Yeah, it bugs the shit out of me. This is the full picture to show the entire setup since I'm sure there will be questions.

There is another one like it on Wilson Bridge Rd and N. High Street in Worthington, facing westbound traffic.

[mrsman]

It apparently only turns on when that lane is open to straight ahead traffic. Just before the signal is a light up sign (http://goo.gl/maps/1Pyqy) that changes whether the 2nd from left lane is right turn only or straight only. when the sign is lit to the latter, the doghouse will only show the green (actually a straight ahead arrow). The whole arrangement is weird, as the right turn signals are only red when the pedestrian signal has a walk phase. Fortunately, this signal's days are numbered with the Baltimore Red Line on the way and Baltimore refitting signals in general.

Oh, that explains it. Ugh, so confusing.


iPad

Another terrible thing about this intersection, as seen when the GSV vehicle passed through is that the pedestrian control signals are offset.  The crosswalk between the southeastern corner and the median is "walk" and the crosswalk between the median and the southwestern corner is "don't walk".  So if someone wanted to legally cross between the two corners, they would have to wait at a very narrow median.

I've never liked this approach, because I generally assume that if I see a "walk" signal, that I would have the right of way to cross all the way to the other corner and I wouldn't even think that I should wait at a median as narrow as this.

[freebrickproductions]

It apparently only turns on when that lane is open to straight ahead traffic. Just before the signal is a light up sign (http://goo.gl/maps/1Pyqy) that changes whether the 2nd from left lane is right turn only or straight only. when the sign is lit to the latter, the doghouse will only show the green (actually a straight ahead arrow). The whole arrangement is weird, as the right turn signals are only red when the pedestrian signal has a walk phase. Fortunately, this signal's days are numbered with the Baltimore Red Line on the way and Baltimore refitting signals in general.

Oh, that explains it. Ugh, so confusing.


iPad

Another terrible thing about this intersection, as seen when the GSV vehicle passed through is that the pedestrian control signals are offset.  The crosswalk between the southeastern corner and the median is "walk" and the crosswalk between the median and the southwestern corner is "don't walk".  So if someone wanted to legally cross between the two corners, they would have to wait at a very narrow median.

I've never liked this approach, because I generally assume that if I see a "walk" signal, that I would have the right of way to cross all the way to the other corner and I wouldn't even think that I should wait at a median as narrow as this.

They could've caught the signals as they were transitioning from walk to the flashing don't walk.

[jakeroot]

Fife, Washington  ///  GSV is from Aug 2012 but the signal is still this way, at least as of 30 minutes ago.

Not quite sure why one right turn lane needs two arrows, but whatever.

[jeffandnicole]

Fife, Washington  ///  GSV is from Aug 2012 but the signal is still this way, at least as of 30 minutes ago.

Not quite sure why one right turn lane needs two arrows, but whatever.

If there was a sole arrow, and that light bulb burned out, one would never know when they have the right of way for the right turn.  It's always good to have 2 traffic lights serving the same purpose in case one has a malfunction of any sorts (including burned out bulbs).