Just returned from Playero where I saw the new traffic lights in action. Very significant change.
There are new lights at the Texaco intersection and at the Playero intersection.
There are now separate lights for each lane. In other words, when the cars move toward Cabarete, the cars moving toward POP wait their turn. A timer counts down the seconds. At the Playero intersection, there is also a light for cars coming from the side street, and a light for pedestrians.
The program takes about 100 seconds to cycle through, 10 seconds of which are for pedestrians. When your turn comes, you had better be ready to move because by then a lot of traffic is waiting for its green light and you only have those 10 seconds to cross safely. If you miss your turn, then you wait about 95 seconds for the next turn for pedestrians.
Pretty amazing, really, how much of a change has been made.
Now, if the drivers just learn how to behave!!
Congrats to the cityplanners for this step forward, It is progress...
HB
There are new lights at the Texaco intersection and at the Playero intersection.
There are now separate lights for each lane. In other words, when the cars move toward Cabarete, the cars moving toward POP wait their turn. A timer counts down the seconds. At the Playero intersection, there is also a light for cars coming from the side street, and a light for pedestrians.
The program takes about 100 seconds to cycle through, 10 seconds of which are for pedestrians. When your turn comes, you had better be ready to move because by then a lot of traffic is waiting for its green light and you only have those 10 seconds to cross safely. If you miss your turn, then you wait about 95 seconds for the next turn for pedestrians.
Pretty amazing, really, how much of a change has been made.
Now, if the drivers just learn how to behave!!
Congrats to the cityplanners for this step forward, It is progress...
HB
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