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13388
... The least congested place in all of Ontario: Townsend. :D Chris Beach HHSO Member 4...
Chris Beach
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Dec 1, 2005
8:18 am
13389
... Toronto was really late to the table with adding arrows to there traffic signals. They have (and in some areas still do) rely heavily on the flashing...
ontroadguy
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Dec 1, 2005
2:32 pm
13390
But nobody other than us knows what they are for. I had an American with me driving around Windsor and we must have hit the last spot that had a flashing...
Kohler, Steve
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Dec 1, 2005
2:52 pm
13391
The winner for the opposite side of the spectrum, smallest city with the most congestion overall (not just summer or holiday rush) has to be Pembroke. A city...
Josh
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Dec 1, 2005
9:09 pm
13392
Haven been taking advantage of the MTO automated road conditions service (1-800-268-4686) and have found it to be very handy (especially when they denote road...
Josh
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Dec 1, 2005
9:23 pm
13393
... system, ... implemented LED ... city on ... London has went really quick. I saw my first LED pedestrian signal on Oxford & Talbot early october..now there...
Tim K
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Dec 1, 2005
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13394
... Actually this very common many other places, as noted by another later post. The main cost savings in LED is in power consumption and that more than makes...
Matthew Mummert
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Dec 1, 2005
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13395
... I'd vote for Woodstock, even though it is not 'large', compared to, say, Toronto. With 401 taking most of the traffic away from the city, and with a few...
.. Brian Henson ..
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Dec 1, 2005
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13396
... I'd have to vote against Woodstock here. Most roads are fine, but 2/59 through downtown is downright awful. In fairness to them, former highway 59 from the...
Chris Beach
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Dec 2, 2005
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13397
... that ... I think its kind of funny how non-standardized our traffic signals are in North America (especially considering how standardized our road signs,...
Scott Steeves
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Dec 2, 2005
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13398
... <mjlarochelle@s...> ... light ... whole ... non-LED ... on ... converted ... than ... sense. ... traffic ... faded ... LED ... Yes in Arva has LED's, Just...
Mark
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Dec 2, 2005
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13399
... The other day I was skimming through an article talking about a new signal display which I believe had been approved for use under the U.S. MUTCD -- I...
Brent Hooton
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Dec 2, 2005
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The Thunder Bay Expressway has LED's. They were installed in the last few months. Meanwhile the City of Thunder Bay is going to have all of its traffic signals...
Richard Kannegiesser
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Dec 2, 2005
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13401
... lenses. ... change ... A lot of older signals that have arrows in this area had two signals for arrows. These signals predate the LED days, and and needed...
ontroadguy
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Dec 2, 2005
2:40 pm
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... last ... of ... already ... considering ... as ... to ... LONG ... Thunder Bay isn't all that large of a city. Does it really need to convert its roads to...
ontroadguy
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Dec 2, 2005
2:41 pm
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On a somewhat related topic to the LED Traffic Signals. I've noticed travelling to several different states and provinces how vastly different the traffic...
Tim K
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Dec 2, 2005
4:26 pm
13404
... I know Toronto still has some of the old Fibre-Optic signal heads for green and yellow arrows (white plastic tubes transmit light from a green ro a yellow...
Josh
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Dec 2, 2005
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13405
All this talk about LED traffic signals has made me wonder a bit about the future of our conventional incandescent street lighting. I wonder if LEDs will ever...
ontroadguy
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Dec 3, 2005
12:56 am
13406
... about the future of our conventional incandescent street lighting. I wonder if LEDs will ever be used for street lighting. LEDs are now used in flash...
Tim K
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Dec 3, 2005
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13407
... Are you refering to LED lights within those counties or on their county roads? I know Middlesex and Elgin do not have them yet, but the MTO has them up in...
Chris Beach
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Dec 3, 2005
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13408
... There was a big discussion over on CanRoads a while back. Many people were arguing inf avour of freewayizing the Thunder Bay Expressway, in spite of the...
Chris Beach
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Dec 3, 2005
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13409
... about the future of our conventional incandescent street lighting. I wonder if LEDs will ever be used for street lighting. LEDs are now used in flash...
Chris Beach
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Dec 3, 2005
2:21 am
13410
London used those fibre-optic signal heads back in the 70s and early 80s, but only for signals posted up high at the side of the road, never in the median -...
Jay LaRochelle
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Dec 3, 2005
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13411
... 80s, ... in the ... some of ... They were ... do not ... signal ... has been ... them with ... I believe Chatham has a few around still. All of their turn...
Tim K
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Dec 3, 2005
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... 80s, ... in the ... some of ... They were ... do not ... signal ... has been ... them with ... Unless I'm forgetting any, as of today the last of those...
Chris Beach
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Dec 3, 2005
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13413
COPIED FROM THE TORONTO STAR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Black ice detectors pave way for drivers Dec. 2, 2005. 01:00 AM MIKE FUNSTON TORONTO STAR REPORTER ...
Josh
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Dec 3, 2005
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13414
... Where were these located? I can't remember seeing any of those in London, something tells me they would be on former Provincial Highway..Highury (126) and...
Tim K
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Dec 3, 2005
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13415
... No, the last one to go was at Exeter and Wellington Roads, but those were city of London instellations, as were the other ones throughout the city. Chris...
Chris Beach
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Dec 3, 2005
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13416
... Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't Bradley/Wellington still have the 2x 3M left-turn arrows? It's obvious that London is getting rid of the 3M lights....
Josh
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Dec 3, 2005
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13417
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