Excessive Light
Street scene, Port Townsend , Washington. From the summer.
Simplicity in communication does not seem to be the objective at this intersection.
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Canon 5Dii, Canon 100/2.8 macro lens, ISO100, f4.5, 1/800th.
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What an interesting find and an interesting presentation, Ehpem! Yikes, Victoria would lose it’s collective mind if an intersection like this appeared… wait, I haven’t been to Douglas and Hillside for a bit now…?
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Ha! The old roundabout location, one of the dreariest intersections in Victoria – the hours I have sat there waiting for a light to change can’t be counted. However, I think it has fewer lights than this example, and it controls traffic flow from 10 converging lanes, while the ones I show here are for four converging lanes of traffic.
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Cool!
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Thanks!
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Doing the triptych has really added impact to this one – as your friends south of the border would say “are they for real in that town ?”
I can see why you pulled over….
David.
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Thanks David – it is a totally unreal conglomeration of signals. Perhaps the city lighting engineer has the only car body shop business on the side?
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It makes my head spin but it’s beautiful and confusing at the same time.
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That is how I felt driving the car – so much so I had to pull over and take a picture. It seems to be the kind of intersection that culls out the drunk drivers.
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Mark’s right – it IS a nice presentation. I like the way it emphasizes the confusing array of traffic signals!
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Thanks Melinda! This was a very simple intersection – you know the kind – 2 streets crossing each other. But, they don’t have many light-controlled interesections in Port Townsend, so maybe this is how they store fixtures in the event they need them somewhere else.
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Storing extra traffic signals like that is a really good idea, and I am surprised that more municipalities haven’t done this. Maybe I should run for City Council, and then use my power* to enact this plan here in Lubbock…..
*I once heard a city described as having a “weak mayor – stupid council” system of government. Only stupid council members think there’s any real power to be had by virtue of the office (in Lubbock, anyway).
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Nice presentation!
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Thanks Mark! I was uncertain about the borders, too fat I thought, but that was the only way I could make them all the same with the software I was using.
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