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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I expect this will slow down traffic in the winter substantially and cause a lot of rear enders. I suppose the city's rational is that more less severe accidents > less more severe. That said I still think those 7 year numbers are extremely low to warrant the lights. This seems like someone in city hall's pet project as it's a lot of money to spend for 18 injuries over a 7 year period.
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It's kind of a hard thing to judge without easy access to sorting all the data to compare similar stretches of road with uncontrolled instersections, and correcting for traffic volumes.
A reasonable comparison would probably be 14 St NW:
- North Haven Dr is a similar T with no lights...and hardly any accidents. TBF there is probably less traffic turning left off SB 14th than off WB JL.
- 64 Ave has lights...and hardly any accidents at all...and I would guess more traffic than any of the 3 intersections on JL
69 St SW is 60kph (though people often rip) - there are two somewhat similar T's in close proximity - 14 Ave, Christie Estate Blvd - hardly any accidents at either.
Old Banff Coach Rd has some somewhat similar uncontrolled intersections with hardly an accidents at all.
Anderson and Woodpark Blvd would be another comp...it has lights and a similar (maybe slightly lower) number of accidents than these JL T's.
I doubt there will be significantly more accidents. I bet these lights cause people to slow down a touch and pay more attention.