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New Traffic Signal Equipment Installed At 16 Escambia County Intersectons
May 11, 2018
Escambia County recently implemented Advanced Traffic Management System signalization equipment at 16 signalized intersections, adding capabilities to help improve signal and timing and traffic flow.
Those intersections are:
- North Palafox Street and Kingsfield Road
- North Palafox Street and Ten Mile Road
- North Palafox Street and Hood Drive
- North Palafox Street and Ensley Road
- North Palafox Street and Detroit Boulevard/Johnson Avenue
- North Palafox Street and Olive Road
- North Palafox Street and Burgess Road
- North Palafox Street and Hancock Lane
- W Street and Marcus Pointe Boulevard
- W Street and Airport Boulevard
- W Street and Massachusetts Avenue
- W Street and Scott Street
- W Street and Avery Street
- W Street and Jackson Street
- Olive Road and Cody Lane
- Olive Road and Whitmire Dive
The ATMS capabilities, funded by Local Option Sales Tax, include real-time interface with the intersections (ability to remotely manipulate the signal timings), immediate data collection for developing timing plans to improve traffic flow, and intersection health reporting.
In addition to the 16 new intersections, the county has 35 additional intersections with ATMS capabilities. The county plans to expand ATMS capabilities to all signalized intersections within the county as resources permit.
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12 Responses to “New Traffic Signal Equipment Installed At 16 Escambia County Intersectons”
Sufficient traffic signals and left turning lanes need to be added to intersection at Kingsgield road and Palafox badly. This is not by any means a safe intersection for anyone.
I agree with Richard. Once you get through the Kingsfield light, you have to stop at Tate and sit forever with no traffic coming from Tate Rd. Once you get through that light, you have to stop at Chemstrand Rd. and sit again a lot of times with no traffic coming out of Chemstrand. This makes no sense at all. It’s no wonder traffic doesn’t move around here. Synchronization of lights in this town appears to be rocket science.
Please I beg of you no more people North Of Mvskogee Rd.and half of them go back to East Hill or out West off Lillian Hwy.Please God for your Mercy .
Us retired drivers do not need to be on the roads during rush hour traffic. Commenter K has listed those times. Nothing is that important. Appointments can be scheduled around those times too.
The intersection at Palafox and Kingsfield was a 4 way stop for as long as I can remember until a few years ago when the light was installed. I don’t remember ever having traffic issues going through that 4 way stop every day since the late 80’s, often many times a day as a truck driver. The flow was smooth and orderly.
Perhaps there was a good reason for installing the light, but by doing so without left turn lanes has created an often frustrating situation. Many times people in the north and southbound lanes of Palafox will not be able to make it through the light because left turners in front of the line get hung up. Southbound left turners on Palafox waiting on a train crossing the Kingsfield railroad track might cause a bigger backup.
On occasion, I have seen people in the northbound lane use the right turn lane to go straight around traffic waiting on northbound left turners (once at a high rate of speed), which sets the scenario for a collision with someone in the southbound lane turning left. Installing left turn lanes would be a nice improvement to the intersection along with the improvement to the light.
@ William: Was there an official reason for the county not adding left turn lanes to this intersection when the light was installed?
Lights replaced/ updated were on Old Palifox NOT USH29. Please read article and understand these are two separate roads conctrolled by two separate government entities.
@anne 1of2
I am as a former inspector for a civil engineering company very aware of how the traffic surveys are done in order to develop the light timing plan.
the light timing plan has the following limitations. or, did have these.
for a light on a synchronized plan:
Daily:
at 6 a.m. all sensor operated changes stop, and timed operation begins.
– light is set at a minimum time and does not change until that time is up. if the number of cars through a light triggers the sensors more than a certain number during that set time, the light doubles the amount of time before change.
– at 8 a.m. the light goes to set timing. 30 seconds on one road, 30 seconds on the other. because the most people are moving on both roads at this point.
- at 6 pm. the variable timing pattern from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. resumes and stays that way until 11 p.m.
- at 11 p.m. the lights are sensor activated. 1 car hits the sensor pad and the light changes 3 to 5 seconds later if no other sensor detects a car.
the schedule is variable based on … you guessed it… what the traffic surveys that I did reported on how much traffic went through the intersection.
the upshot:
what’s more likely, that the oil companies are bribing local officials to have you sit in traffic to increase oil consumption, or that escambia county traffic planners have to find the best way to get 350,000 people to work between the hours of 6 a.m and 9 a.m. *every.single.morning*
when you ask yourself at which time you find yourself sitting still in traffic at a light most often, and the answer is 6 to 9 a.m, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., or 4 to 7 pm, you have your answer.
there is no conspiracy. just a ton of people taking their own cars to work.
Just need more red lights.
Will promote walking.
Signals on Highway 29 are the state’s. These signals and the traffic system are on county roads.
@Richard
You are so correct! Hwy 29 needs synchronization. If the new ATMS will allow live adjustments for traffic flow, will someone be monitoring Hwy 29 flow????
Until these lights change automatically when there is no traffic coming from the opposite direction, I will firmly believe the county is working for the oil companies to make certain we re obeying the law while we sit and burn fuel.
the three lights at 29 and kings field, Tate school road and old Chemstrand road need to be synchronized these lights are causing a bottle neck and slowing traffic. The light at Tate school road used to flash, out side of school hours. then it was set on sensors. now it’s on timer and changes, even when there are no cars on Tate school road. Causing traffic to back up.