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Originally Posted by Locke
I think the better question is...why are there lights there at all?
That whole video there was not a single pedestrian, cyclist or crossing traffic that needed to be yielded to.
What is the point of putting lights there?
"We need to disrupt the primary flow of traffic on the off-chance that somebody needs to cross right at that particular intersection!"
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I walk through there every day I go downtown and they were only installed last week. As I saw them putting them up, I asked myself the exact same question.
I've been walking to work that way since we went back in the office in January and have not seen any close calls there at all. There was a pedestrian flashing light there previously and virtually no vehicles going through the intersection during the morning rush.
It's northbound Edmonton Trail, so hardly anyone is on that road in the morning. In the afternoon, anyone turning there is usually making a right turn -- which they can still do with a red. The cross road (Meredith) has hardly any traffic because it only serves a small number of residences.
It's just another baffling light installed on Edmonton Trail in the last couple of years. As I've said before, someone at city hall has to be getting a kickback from the traffic light maker because, as a resident of the area who walks these areas regularly as well as driving, they are absolutely not needed.