I was at this intersection for a long time on the evening of Dec 26 and I think the light was not ever cycling. People were giving up and driving through the red light because it never turned green.
The pedestrian lights are permanently red in all four directions. The lights turn green only for the cars. It is difficult enough getting through this intersection, without the drivers assuming that if your light is red you are never permitted to cross.
Walk/ don’t walk signs on NE and NW corners of 3rd and Rogers are stuck on Don’t walk. Thanks.
The new pedestrian crossing signal at 11th and Diamond has a locator tone that beeps continuously 24/7, all day and all night. The signal is very close to my house (<10ft) and I can hear the tone from inside my walls, which is absolutely maddening when I'm trying to fall asleep! Please turn off the persistent locator tone on these signs, there are other tactile cues to help those with impaired vision find the crosswalk. Thanks!
The north/south cycle at the intersection of College and 45/bypass is extremely short, to the point where only a few cars can make it through the green before the signal changes. This is potentially dangerous because folks will run the yellow to make it through. A traffic study is needed here, and potentially a smart sensor to permit more throughput when there are more cars waiting at the light.
Green light for left turn signal arrow (when facing IHOP) does not work. Light cycles from red to yellow arrow (no green arrow turns on anymore).
The green left turn light coming out of the mall on the street between Fazoli's and BJ Brewhouse onto South College Mall Rd is inoperative. This causes the left turn lane to only get the yellow caution signal for a few seconds before the light goes red ( the main light issred if no one trips the signal to cycle from the straight ahead or right turn lane.) so then the left turners are sitting at the light until the right hand lane trips the (Main) signal to cycle to green.
Left turn green arrow to head south on college mall road from the westbound road into eastland plaza from college mall is dysfunctional
Green Left turn signal bulb on IHOP side of street is burnt out.
Bloomington's traffic signal timing is, in general, inadequate. Traffic patterns in the city are highly variable, changing drastically as students arrive and leave with the university schedule and as new student housing is constructed. It would be wonderful if the city were to invest in a system which changes traffic signals in real time as a function of data collected from sensors at intersections. Surely there will be graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in the Luddy School eager to help out with a cool "smart city" project...