About a week ago I was trapped in congestion on 46th (if memory serves) and Hiawatha. This
morning, MPR confirmed my suspicion that there is no synchronization between the LRT and the
street lights.
More correctly, there is improper synchronization. When a train approaches an intersection, the lights change to allow traffic on Hiawatha to proceed (seems reasonable). The problem that I've observed is that left turners off of Hiawatha can get into a starvation situation where train comes, Hiawatha goes, cross traffic from 46th/26th/etc. goes, train comes, ad nauseum. Eventually the left turn light changes but it is longer than it should be.
My observation is that this has improved in the last couple of weeks. At least my bus no longer sits at the 46th street turn lane for 3-4 minutes.
I can't speak to traffic trying to cross Hiawatha. I do see rather long lines backed up at the Walgreens on 46th but I've always seen long lines there. Has this worsened?
BTW, anyone know why Minnesota Valley Transit continues to run 471 to 46th street and into downtown when we have a perfectly good rail system heading the same way? Why not just stop at Ft. Snelling and avoid the traffic (rather than contributing to it)?
-Dave
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