This intersection has the 10lbs of sugar in a 5lb bag problem, 4 lanes of traffic (2 from Stadium and 2 from Washtenaw) into 2 on Washtenaw. At busy times, if the light at Sheridan/Manchester is red when one of the feeding streets has a green light, the traffic doesn't move. This light has to be coordinated with the other two, and the other lights have fairly long cycles, which add up to a very long cycle for this crossing.

However, when there is little traffic -- during non-rush hours, weekends and evenings -- the light at Sheridan/Manchester could cycle much more quickly. It could be responsive to pedestrian inputs, and cars waiting to cross or turn left. I've sat at the light on a bike, and in a car, for over a minute without a car passing on Washtenaw.

The visibility of the intersection from Washtenaw west of the split isn't good, and cars coming around that turn at 45mph might pose a hazard to pedestrians. This could be mitigated by turning both of the lights on Washtenaw red when a pedestrian is crossing.

If Manchester Road was re-marked to have a right turn lane onto Washtenaw (instead of left turn), it would reduce the wait for cars wanting to turn right behind cars that are going straight. It makes sense for straight and left turn traffic to both wait for the entire cycle and to let right turning vehicles do so on red.

Also, if the long left turn light from Washtenaw onto Manchester could become blinking yellow at some point in the cycle, that would ease frustration, especially in the evenings when there is little to no oncoming traffic.