12:21 PM: Thanks to everyone who’s messaged about the Admiral/California signal flashing red – a recurring problem lately. We checked with SDOT‘s 24-hour dispatch line (206-386-1218) and they told us, “We’re on it” – took a while because they had to call in a crew. Meantime, remember that a flashing signal means stop all ways!
1:42 PM: Just went through to check; fixed.
That light is messed up… try going North/South on California after 10PM and it will take at least 5 minutes to turn green.
Why do they change the normal light timing?
Often I just end up running the red. It’s stupid.
We have noticed it early in morning too. Takes a long time to change.
I suspect the left turn signal from California (NB) to Admiral Way (WB) is activated by a detector, because in the past when using this lane to turn onto Admiral Way WB on my bicycle, I have waited several cycles until I finally had to give up and use the crosswalk. I have had this happen with cars behind me who are blocked from turning because my bike and trailer don’t trigger the turn signal. If there is a bike detector in that left turn lane, I have never found it. I haven’t tried this recently when there were no cars in front of me, so if other cyclists are having this same problem it should be reported to SDOT.
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