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Originally Posted by Mazrim
In my experience it would be one of three things:
- There was a serious crash that made them decide to change it
- They looked at traffic volume growth and decided it needed to change
- A politician or senior manager that lives nearby was mildly irritated by it and asked for it to change
The last one happens more often than you'd think.
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Some sort of technological advancements as well, maybe?
I can’t imagine the switches from the early 80s are still being used to control the lights and the pads underneath the asphalt (maybe they are)?
Possibly the older switches needed to be shut off nightly for preserving longevity, and given the handful of cars in an hour after 11pm through those intersections until 6am, didn’t need it running/be connected all night?