Description
The T-junction where the driveway of Hannaford supermarket meets Hancock Street is controlled by inductive loop traffic detector. The inductive loop on the driveway triggers green for sedans immediately but it does not detect bicycles. In order to make a left turn onto Hancock Street, a cyclist must wait for a sedan to come up from behind. This can take minutes to perhaps hours during off-peak hours when there are no sedans leaving the Hannaford parking lot.
Here's the Google Street View of the T-junction: http://goo.gl/maps/FaElg
Note that:
A) the saw cut on the ground is not visible;
B) once a cyclist is on the left-turn lane and stuck with a red light, there is no legal way for him to leave the lane (walking to the sidewalk on either side to press the button is jaywalking, moving over to the right lane before pressing the button is crossing a solid white line).
I suggest:
1) Painting the marking that comes with a R10-22 sign to show where the saw cut is (http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009r1r2/part9/part9c.htm#figure9C07);
2) Checking the sensitivity of the detector to make sure that it will trigger for bicycles, motorcycles and pickup trucks; and
3) In the short term, allowing bicycles and motorcycles to treat the red light as stop sign at that intersection
10 Commentaires
Reconnu Kristen Powers (Utilisateur inscrit)
Kameron C. (Utilisateur inscrit)
Kameron C. (Utilisateur inscrit)
Kameron C. (Utilisateur inscrit)
Kameron C. (Utilisateur inscrit)
Lets Not (Invité)
Kameron C. (Utilisateur inscrit)
Kristen Powers (Utilisateur inscrit)
Kameron C. (Utilisateur inscrit)
Traffic lights should work for all vehicles. This issue is about fixing something that's broken, not adding something new.
Tax doesn't really come into the picture here. If you must know, local roads are usually paid for by property tax and income tax. If you live or work in the city, you are paying for the roads. However, bicycles don't wear out roads so in essence, every cyclist is subsidizing car drivers.
Pditty (Utilisateur inscrit)