The light was (for the last 20 years or so) using sensors in the pavement to trigger the light and only worked when traffic needed it. Now, it is only timed and not dependent on traffic, so Walnut backs up both ways for no reason- not a car in sight from the school or the old Kia dealership.
The traffic light at Walnut Street and South Drive had been going to green for South Drive for no reason for weeks. It makes Walnut red for 50 seconds while cars back up on Walnut and there is no one on South Drive. It's ridiculous. Go fix it. Make it stay green on Walnut.
The light cycle that lets outlet traffic from Deborah Drive appears to take longer and is timed. This change is not necessary as there is not enough traffic compared to Tapp Road to justify that length of a light cycle. Also if the city should ever consider it that merge lane when heading east on Tapp road should either become a two lane all down Tapp to accommodate for traffic flow to pass around left turners into The Mill OR be gone entirely. It just permits risky drivers to go into the right lane at this intersection knowing full well there is a line of cars waiting at the light cycle and that the lane merge is right after the light and they choose to "race" traffic and cut in when it is unnecessary. Even if one would argue a zipper merge there are times when it is necessary and in a populated neighborhood area it is not.
Pretty sure this light used to be on a sensor and now it seems to be on a timer. The past else real Sundays I've driven through some time between 10:15am and 1:30pm the east-west has turned red with zero cars in the north or south sides of the intersection. And no vehicles have triggered it but then turned right onto Tapp. With much less traffic on Sundays it'd be great to have it (back?) on a sensor.
This light is on a timer, rather than sensors, so people just sit waiting even when there's no traffic coming from other directions. It's especially annoying when the left turn arrows engage when no one is there. I've reported this light for about 2 years now. Very inconvenient and frustrating to sit and sit when no traffic is coming from other directions.
It appears the light is now changing to green for southbound vehicles at Bryan/High even if there's no one sitting there. It used to only turn green if someone was waiting or had tripped the sensors. This is causing backup traffic along 3rd Street and delaying northbound High Street traffic from turning.