agreed!

I think that light was a remnant from when we had a left turn only lane before the re-do. Now that Northbound is a single lane does it make sense to have a left turn arrow? Or should we instead request Northbound traffic have a longer green? That would be a far easier/faster fix as it would require a change in programming without hanging more lights.

LOVE the glowing street signs tho... so classy!

Once again the DOT or whoever re-designed Quinnipiac Avenue gave no thought for those who live in the area. The street is uneven, narrower and now no one can turn left onto Grand unless they cut into traffic. Perhaps the alderman, mayor and DOT can drive down the street during the height of traffic and see if they like the improvements.

I live on Q-Ave 500 block, which is part of Phase 1. I have suffered thru every bridge closing, traffic backup, construction inconvenience, and have been living on the front lines of this project for years now. I have a layer of filth on the front of my house. Impacting rollers have knocked huge cracks in my plaster. The gas company destroyed my foundation and driveway running the new lines. It's has been ROUGH.

And I'll put up with it for another 5 years rather than go back to the people who were dying from hitting the lump at the bottom of Oxford, criminals using the west side of the street as a staging zone for shooting up, flooding roads, sidewalks that made foot traffic impossible, and lack of curbs that had people driving onto pedestrian areas to pass on the right. We were patching up accident victims all summer and comforting their children while waiting for ambulances.

The city and state held dozens of community meetings to get feedback on the redo. Saying that they didn't consider those who live in the area is a tad off the mark in my opinion. I remember many of your neighbors requesting that the left turn only lane be removed as it caused more obstructions than it prevented.

The lights need to be reprogrammed. They have only been up a couple of weeks. They need to develop a timing that works for the new layout and traffic flow. Work out the bugs. Take a deep breath... we ARE going to survive this.

Dave, I don't see why they can't let the left turn signal remain. The northbound traffic turns left primarily. There's a huge imbalance between the north and southbound volume, and so northbound turners do not have a chance to go. The solution I'm proposing worked really well for over a year. Why complicate matters? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

A left turn signal would take time to install. DOT will likely tell you there is no longer a lane justifying a left turn only signal. A longer green requires a quick change in the light timing. Would that not accomplish the same thing? I got no beef with either idea, it seems the faster less expensive fix would be programming a longer green for Northbound traffic.

And I think the light is gone now... so they kinda broke it when they fixed it. Good point.

This issue is only getting worse. Now that the street is more drivable, it's seeing heavier traffic. You can't turn left, or get around a left turner. This is ridiculous.

Thanks for the post. the Traffic Signal Division will review this request and follow up.

Thank you for your help in this matter.