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Article #252Don't Sync and Drive
From: Roger Lincoln
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 13:10
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 13:10
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> I realize the cowpath nature of streets >around here might make such things more difficult around here, but it is >astounding how out of sync lights are with each other. About three years >ago, the state rebuilt Rte. 30 in Framingham between the turnpike and Rte. >126. The work included installation of brand-new lights and mechanisms. >But from the day it opened, it's been virtually impossible to drive from the >pike to 126 without getting stuck at at least two (and usually three) lights. Is it just blind luck or are the traffic lights on Rt 2, between 128 and the Concord Rotary, *purposely* timed to make you stop at at least three of them? When I first started driving it everyday I thought they were all just randomized, but after a year I've noticed a pattern, but there's no constant speed to drive at to get through them cleanly (I even tried 55 mph :-). Wouldn't it make sense to time them so the 4-lane primary traffic (ie. Rt 2) could travel at the mythical speed limit and make all the lights? Sorry, I forgot where I was for a second. -- \_____ \__ \__ \__ | Roger H. Lincoln | "We came in peace | \__ \__ \__ \__ \__ | MITRE Corp. | for all Mankind" | \_____ \______ \__ | Bedford, MA | But all we got were | \__ \__ \__ \__ \_____ | C3I Division | these lousy T-Shirts | \__ \__ \__ \__ \_____ | Mission Planning Sys | |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!overload.lbl.gov!agate!linus!linus.mitre.org!mbunix!rhl From: rhl@valhalla.mitre.org (Roger Lincoln) Newsgroups: ne.general Subject: Don't Sync and Drive Message-ID: <RHL.92Aug7081059@valhalla.mitre.org> Date: 7 Aug 92 13:10:59 GMT References: <SPIKE.92Jul29114301@coke.std.com> <Bs99Aw.LL5@world.std.com> <1992Aug06.164020.18355@kronos.com> <BsLEA9.44x@world.std.com> Sender: news@linus.mitre.org (News Service) Distribution: ne Organization: The Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA. Lines: 25 In-Reply-To: adamg@world.std.com's message of 7 Aug 92 02:44:32 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: valhalla.mitre.org