Superintendent of Public Works John Salerno

This is an intersection that is usually empty with the exception of a select few hours where there are a lot of cars entering (AM Rush Hours) or leaving (PM Rush Hours).. However the traffic lights lock traffic down like you're in midtown Manhattan.

Westbound Northern Blvd should be a yield green with left turn arrow when appropriate to clear traffic when there is no oncoming traffic (nobody goes eastbound on Northern Blvd during AM Rush hour.. making it a waste of time waiting for left turn arrow with excellent sightlines on incoming traffic.)

Forest Drive drivers just lost the ability to make a right on red, which is completely illogical, never seen an accident at this intersection. (This seems to be related to the brand new pedestrian crossing lights, however fewer than 15 people seem to walk on any given day versus hundreds of cars.) This now causes huge back ups on forest drive, with short lights unable to clear the backlog of cars waiting to leave after an office closes for the day.

Museum Drive was just given its own independent timings from Forest Drive, which also makes no sense since peak museum hours are the exact opposite of peak commute hours.

Basically instead of correcting the one scenario that probably should've been corrected, several nightmare gridlock scenarios have been created with this new intersection infrastructure and rules. It would've been cheaper and more cost effective to purchase a car for each of the extremely few people who walk from the bus stop.

A better traffic study should have been conducted (assuming one was conducted prior to this installation), and at all hours of the day for an accurate picture.

This whole thing is a clusterf*