What's the deal with the light at Anderson and Six Forks?
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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Thanks for the info--I guess Lead Mine would be considered the "Side street" of the two, but both roads are 4-lane, yet the green for Lead Mine is ridiculously short sometimes. When the front car is at a complete stop, it can take 7 seconds to even notice the green, hit the gas, and be through the intersection before the next cars even get to it, and heaven help us if the front car isn't watching.
I completely understand if it's a tiny dirt road leading onto a major artery, but both of those roads are significant thoroughfares, IMHO.
Hmm I guess Strickland would be the main road there but the volumes really don't justify giving Lead Mine only 7 seconds of green time. If anything, I would have guessed that the green times would be pretty evenly split since the volumes are not that different. There are a bunch of factors that go into signal timing though so I don't really know why that's the case.
Can't be any worse than the light at Six Forks and Millbrook (especially at odd hours of the day). You'll be sitting at a red light with NO traffic in sight forEVER..
Really? I think Six Forks & Millbrook is one of the better ones. When I lived in North Raleigh, I used to drive up and down Six Forks and those approaches of the signal always worked well (minus rush hour due to the crazy congestion at the intersection) whether it was noon or midnight.
Thanks for the info--I guess Lead Mine would be considered the "Side street" of the two, but both roads are 4-lane, yet the green for Lead Mine is ridiculously short sometimes. When the front car is at a complete stop, it can take 7 seconds to even notice the green, hit the gas, and be through the intersection before the next cars even get to it, and heaven help us if the front car isn't watching.
I completely understand if it's a tiny dirt road leading onto a major artery, but both of those roads are significant thoroughfares, IMHO.
Last spring the left turn signal from Northbound Creedmoor to Westbound Millbrook was "short cycling" badly during the afternoon rush hour. I emailed the city and it was fixed about a week and a half later.
I sure wish the city would put the signals (at least in quieter areas) on flash at night. Main road gets flashing yellow. Side street gets flashing red. That would save a lot of time sitting at lights, IMO
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