See information above posted by BWL. The reason for the signals not to be seen from far away is that the left turning traffic is progressed through the boulevard section. When this happens, Penn/Cedar have a red at the near signal and a green at the far signal. If drivers on Penn/Cedar at the front of the queue at the intersection see a green ahead of them, they may not check the signal right above them (near signal which is red) and be drawn into the intersection.

Andy Kilpatrick
Transportation Engineer

I'm not sure if your definition of far is at a safe stopping location? Ok, that makes a little sense, but when I was at those specific lights, you could only barely see the red signal and when the light turned green, you couldn't see any green light until you were almost a foot or two into the intersection. They may need to be adjusted at the least. I will email Paula as well.