Description
N Bound traffic (entering hotel) blocks left turning traffic due to poor signal timing. Most traffic is turning left and many don't understand why car in front of them is not going (red light, green turn all in same lanes). This can be fixed by allowing N bound green straight and turn together, having S bound traffic from hotel to wait to next segment of cycle.
also asked...
Q. Problem with signals
A. Traffic signal bulb not working
A. Traffic signal bulb not working
2 Comments
Jim Burgmeier (Registered User)
This is one of about five mistakes I pointed out in an email about three months ago. The fix here is simpler than adjusting timing since traffic out of Holiday Inn has its own dedicated green light. All that needs to be done is replace the green left arrow lenses on N-bound Dorset with solid green lenses.
New timing IS needed to eliminate the conflict of W-bound left turners onto Dorset with E-bound right turners. Those lane dividers are horrible, interfering with lane changes by both sets of drivers. (An example of the poor timing is the S-bound right turn lights onto Dorset are red! when Dorset traffic is turning left to Williston Rd. WHY?)
The timing of the Williston Rd-Dorset St-I89 exit has been atrocious for years, wasting gasoline, adding to pollution, and wasting driver's time. SBurl Street Dept should be ashamed of this mess. Fix it! Don't just say "case closed."
Anne K (Registered User)
Please do not continue to say " there is a fix coming" as you have in the past! Please don't just mark this issue as "case closed". Please sit at this intersection any time between 4:00 and 6:00 on any day during the week and tell us it's not a timing issue. I'm willing to bet you don't travel eastbound on Williston Rd, passing through the I89 east exit/ Dorset St lights during your commute to and from work. Those of us that do live in South Burlington, sit through this intersection everyday for no reason! We are not asking for a million dollar solution, just fix the timing of the lights. Why does this issue continue to be dismissed????
Thank you,
Anne Kelsen
South Burlington Commuter