Please call me to discuss your concern so that I can understand your issue in more detail.

Michael Frederick

893-7843

I called and left a message. This is at 4th Street N and 9th Avenue N, looking from the east, ready to run South onto 4th street N.

Michael Frederick, Mgr Transportation assigned this issue to Tim Funderburk

The minimum green time of the westbound signal is not based on the proximity of the nearest intersection (3rd Street in this case); it is set for the traffic already queued at the signal. Otherwise it would lead to traffic speeding from the STOP sign in order to get the green at 4th St. which could lead to accidents. There is currently 8 seconds of minimum green at westbound 4th Street which is sufficient to clear a few vehicles when that is all that is present. There is also an extension to the green time to clear more vehicles when more are present. This extension can vary from 3 seconds for one vehicle to 36 seconds for several throughout the day.

I checked the travel time from 3rd Street to 4th Street and it is approximately 15 seconds. Increasing the minimum green time at 4th Street from 8 to 15 seconds would increase the wait time for the eastbound movement and exasperate the backup problem that exists there several times a day.

Running the protected westbound left turn simultaneous with the eastbound movement would create a conflicting situation as I see it and would lead to accidents.

I will send this request to FDOT since it is on a State road and see if they have any suggestions.

I talked to Mike Frederick about this. I'm not a traffic supervisor, just a driver. I use 9th Avenue alot, both east and west. I care alot about people speeding through the neighborhood on 9th avenue N to 'make the light' going west or running stop signs. Sadly, I don't care about traffic on 4th street from 3rd street. I just made a suggestion since i thought that is what "See Click Fix" was all about. BTW, i have been in a lineup going east on 9th avenue N at 4th street N and i have sat through an additional light, trying to go north on 4th. Its a mess of an intersection.

Thank you again for the suggestion - it has been received by both the Neighborhood Transportation and Traffic Operations departments, who have posted responses here. 4th St is a State roadway, and as such this request has been referred to the FDOT for their consideration.