[Mpls] Waiting on Hiawatha

[Dan Prozinski]

I travel down Hiawatha to Fort Snelling and back nearly every day.  
It's my perception that the lights favor the east bound traffic far 
more than is necessary.  A previous poster made the obvious statement 
that lights can not be synchronized for both directions of travel at 
the same time.  This simple conclusion does not explain both directions 
of traffic being stopped at nearly every light  when traveling north or 
south on Hiawatha Avenue.   At most intersections the east bound 
traffic is given a green light with a left turn arrow long before any 
trains are in site and for a period of time far longer than is 
necessary given the few east bound cars passing through.  Meanwhile 
north and south bound Hiawatha is stacking up in both directions.  When 
the green light is finally given to Hiawatha there's no need to hurry, 
you're sure to be stopped at the next light where the process will 
begin again.

Don't get me wrong, I love LRT.  I'm sure this light timing can be 
improved greatly but my hunch is that it will take a shift in thinking 
by our Traffic Control engineers.

One thing to think about, University Avenue between Minneapolis and St. 
Paul is the next likely route for an LRT line.  We'll need to figure 
this out before we can subject that major artery to this havoc.

Dan Prozinski
Cedar-Riverside











 
 

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