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Tagged: Traffic

A Trifling Place
3:27 pm
Wed March 20, 2013

A Trifling Place, Episode 7: Turn Green Already!

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Nine TV displays and several computers are used to monitor the traffic in control room in the old city hall.
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WFAE reporter Lisa Miller and UNC Charlotte professor Martin Kane wait at a red light on Providence Road.
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Lisa expresses her frustration with the traffic light signal timing when we return to the office.
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A traffic control room has been located in Charlotte's old city hall, across the Government Center, since the 1970s.
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Charles Abel is the transportation systems manager for the city of Charlotte. There is one technician monitoring traffic during morning rush hour and one in the evening.
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Changes to individual intersections or groups of intersections can be made using the central system software program called Centracs. It is connected to 90 percent of the traffic signals (green dots) in Charlotte. Blue dots show a lost connection.
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The traffic on North Tryon and West Mallard Creek Church Road moves very slowly during rush hour because the lights take a long time to change.
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Welcome to “A Trifling Place,” a podcast dedicated to exploring the ins-and-outs of Charlotte.

  • Find out how Charlotte's traffic signals work

Every city has its share of traffic issues. In Charlotte, for example, there are a lot of complaints about rush hour near Ballantyne on I-485. (Relief is coming. That section of the road is scheduled to be expanded to three lanes by December 2014.)

But today we're not talking about the quality of the Charlotte region’s roads. We’ll focus on an issue the Charlotte Department of Transportation has a little more control over: traffic lights.

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Charlotte Talks
12:00 am
Wed August 15, 2012

Transportation Plan for the DNC

We can expect increased traffic in Charlotte during the DNC, but what other changes should we expect?
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