Settlement Clears Way for High-Tech Signals at Roundabouts
Technologically advanced traffic signals which aid the blind and people with disabilities could come to roundabouts as part of the Northwestern Connector project, per the settlement.
Oakland County roads officials agreed to seek approval to install technologically advanced traffic signals at a West Bloomfield roundabout as a result of settlement of a lawsuit contending that pedestrians with disabilities are at danger without such devices. Attorney Richard Bernstein, who lives in Birmingham and has offices in Farmington Hills, contended in the lawsuit that blind and disabled pedestrians were at danger. The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) on Thursday agreed with Bernstein, and said it would seek approval from state and federal traffic organizations on installing High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) beacons at the roundabout at the intersection of 14 Mile and Farmington roads. The move could lead to the …
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ScottRAB
1:58 pm on Sunday, December 18, 2011
If anyone has read the study they could see these intersections would be expected to have issues and are likely to continue to have them after the implementation of hybrid beacons. I also count about 9 confounding variables in the report. Giving the motorist only two weeks to acclimate to the new controls; Short term follow-up data collection; Different traffic control markings for the two kinds … more ›