uReport

City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Can't Fix #157465

Traffic Signals:

Other: Traffic light timing is off on Walnut between 3rd and 10th street. If you start at a red light at 3rd street, when the light turns green you will be stopped again at 5th Street if you travel faster than 12 mph. The lights at 6th and 7th turn green almost simultaneously.

Assigned to
Neil Kopper
Traffic Equipment Type
Traffic Lights
Problem Type
Other

History

12/30/2016 09:32:41 Closed by Neil Kopper

Report appears to be related to planned signal operation. Street Dept verified it appears to be operating correctly. Citizen emailed to see if there's a specific time of day with malfunctions.

Sent notification to Neil Kopper, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=157465 Closed by Neil Kopper Report appears to be related to planned signal operation. Street Dept verified it appears to be operating correctly. Citizen emailed to see if there's a specific time of day with malfunctions.

12/30/2016 09:31:09 Neil Kopper contacted Neil Kopper

Hi Dwight, thank you for taking the time to submit this uReport regarding the signal timing on Walnut St. As you may have noticed, the signal timing for the majority of the City's signals has been updated recently. One of the changes you may have noticed on both College and Walnut is that the signals are now timed so that vehicles traveling through the downtown area should be able to progress through a series of green lights if traveling at speeds of 20mph to 25mph. Ideally vehicles can progress down the entire corridor with minimal if any stops, but we also want to keep speeds relatively low in the downtown area (due to higher pedestrian activity, parking maneuvers, etc.). In order to make that progression work for the majority of vehicles, some traffic signals actually turn green 'early' to clear out the typical queue already waiting at the signal. These queues of course vary throughout the day and it's possible that vehicles at the front of the queue will be temporarily stopped at the next signal. We've taken a look at this location and the signal timing appeared to be operating as expected. If there is a certain time of day that you think isn't operating correctly, please let us know and we can take another look. Thanks and please feel free to follow up with any questions,

Sent notification to Neil Kopper, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=157465 Neil Kopper contacted Neil Kopper Hi Dwight, thank you for taking the time to submit this uReport regarding the signal timing on Walnut St. As you may have noticed, the signal timing for the majority of the City's signals has been updated recently. One of the changes you may have noticed on both College and Walnut is that the signals are now timed so that vehicles traveling through the downtown area should be able to progress through a series of green lights if traveling at speeds of 20mph to 25mph. Ideally vehicles can progress down the entire corridor with minimal if any stops, but we also want to keep speeds relatively low in the downtown area (due to higher pedestrian activity, parking maneuvers, etc.). In order to make that progression work for the majority of vehicles, some traffic signals actually turn green 'early' to clear out the typical queue already waiting at the signal. These queues of course vary throughout the day and it's possible that vehicles at the front of the queue will be temporarily stopped at the next signal. We've taken a look at this location and the signal timing appeared to be operating as expected. If there is a certain time of day that you think isn't operating correctly, please let us know and we can take another look. Thanks and please feel free to follow up with any questions,

12/19/2016 08:37:25 Andrew Cibor assigned this case to Neil Kopper

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=157465 Andrew Cibor assigned this case to Neil Kopper You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

12/19/2016 07:50:05 Danna Workman assigned this case to Andrew Cibor

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12/19/2016 06:25:38 Anonymous assigned this case to Danna Workman

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=157465 Anonymous assigned this case to Danna Workman You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

12/19/2016 06:25:38 Opened by Anonymous