Belmont/California/Elston: WTE*F? - The Chainlink2024-03-29T07:55:01Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/belmont-california-elston-wte-f?xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWow - thank you so much, Stev…tag:thechainlink.org,2017-06-22:2211490:Comment:10621202017-06-22T14:54:08.082ZSarah D.https://thechainlink.org/profile/Sarahld
<p>Wow - thank you so much, Steven. I also contacted Mell's office - tried online 311 because of that light timing, but there doesn't seem to be a correct category. It's really not made for safe transport of anyone. I hope they fix it! Your data and interface is SO impressive. What a resource. Thanks again!</p>
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<p>Wow - thank you so much, Steven. I also contacted Mell's office - tried online 311 because of that light timing, but there doesn't seem to be a correct category. It's really not made for safe transport of anyone. I hope they fix it! Your data and interface is SO impressive. What a resource. Thanks again!</p>
<p></p> The signal timing has indeed…tag:thechainlink.org,2017-06-22:2211490:Comment:10615222017-06-22T00:18:28.489ZSteven Vancehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/stevevance
<p>The signal timing has indeed changed, sometime in May (I can look back through my texts to the alderman's office, Mell/33rd, about it to see the exact time I noticed it). And it hasn't been changed for the better. In fact, I think it's an error.</p>
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<p>At six-way intersections that have an island (meaning there are two signals in each direction on each street, so 12 signals, instead of the 6 signals you find at 6-way intersections without an island), the signal pattern works like…</p>
<p>The signal timing has indeed changed, sometime in May (I can look back through my texts to the alderman's office, Mell/33rd, about it to see the exact time I noticed it). And it hasn't been changed for the better. In fact, I think it's an error.</p>
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<p>At six-way intersections that have an island (meaning there are two signals in each direction on each street, so 12 signals, instead of the 6 signals you find at 6-way intersections without an island), the signal pattern works like this:</p>
<p>1. The signal on the far side of the island for Road 1 turns green first to de-queue any cars waiting in the short stretch of Road 1 that's between Roads 2 and 3. </p>
<p>2. The signal on the near side of the island for Road 1 turns green. </p>
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<p>Instead, what I've noticed happen is that it's reverse, and motorists are now queuing in the tiny stretch of road by the island and backing up some of the cross traffic that's also waiting in the short stretch of road by the island. (This is hard to explain without visuals.)</p>
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<p>Anyway, here's the crash data for the intersection for 2009-2014 from my Chicago Crash Browser:</p>
<p><a href="http://chicagocrashes.org/#zoom=19&lat=41.939282&lon=-87.697957" target="_blank"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/35273625?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p> Biking on Elston yesterday af…tag:thechainlink.org,2017-06-21:2211490:Comment:10612452017-06-21T13:00:04.462ZGopher Bikerhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/GopherBiker
<p>Biking on Elston yesterday afternoon around 4:30 was a nightmare - there was a light out at Elston and Lawrence causing traffic to back up well past Western (seriously, the worst I've seen it in my 8 yrs or so using Elston for my bike commute)- lots of cars driving in the bike lane, others blocking it trying to get out of parking spots and driveways - it was nuts.</p>
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<p>That said I do not condone the behavior of the cyclists you encountered and agree that intersection is nightmare;…</p>
<p>Biking on Elston yesterday afternoon around 4:30 was a nightmare - there was a light out at Elston and Lawrence causing traffic to back up well past Western (seriously, the worst I've seen it in my 8 yrs or so using Elston for my bike commute)- lots of cars driving in the bike lane, others blocking it trying to get out of parking spots and driveways - it was nuts.</p>
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<p>That said I do not condone the behavior of the cyclists you encountered and agree that intersection is nightmare; it seems they recently modified the timing/pattern of the lights there which might be confusing regular users (cagers and cyclists) that use Elston.</p>