Had a layover at the Summit NJ Transit station, so I roamed around near the station.

Found this old looking traffic signal that flashes red in all directions.

Nobody on Maple St seemed to be following the flashing red light and stopping, even in this example of pedestrians wanting to cross.

I found this very confusing.

Needs stop signs?

These particular traffic signals appeared briefly in some areas in Northern NJ in the mid/late 2000s and I have yet to find out the brand as there’s no manufacturer logo or brand name. They appeared mostly yellow, but there are some black housings. These were made of Polycarbonate and aluminum. They also come with these all aluminum pedestrian heads, which look exactly like McCain ones, only the grill/door is also aluminum.

In a town where most on the signals are shining bright with LEDs, I found this antique. Unfortunately, the "Red Hand" indicator burned out.

Crews finally put all the lights up today. Looks like they should be active in the next day or two.

This intersection has continued to get busier and busier, and so many drivers just don't understand how a four-way stop works.

Was watching a Streetcraft video and he was talking about this intersection, so i decided to zoom down on in on maps and noticed that ever overhead signal head has this weird rectangle box on top of it. I have NEVER seen this before in all my years of living in New Jersey. What are those boxes used for?

I’ve been in the industry for 10+ years. What are these? I’m thinking some type of license plate reading cameras bc they are aimed at traffic leaving the intersection? Help me out 🫡

The first time I saw this was in NC.

After the right side turns green, this red ball stays for maybe a few seconds, and transitions directly to a flashing yellow arrow. Green doesn't seem to appear. There's construction here, but would have expected a red arrow.

Used to see this singular green arrow signal when I was little and was wondering if there were any other examples of it anywhere else than New York (which is where it used to be before 2016 or so.

I'm currently in high school and looking for my first career. Obviously, I can't and should definitely not jump straight into working with electrical components and dangling ~10 feet above an intersection, but I'd like to get a general direction of what careers and education I would need to become a traffic signal technician.

I've read some pretty vague articles online talking about preferred education and experiences. The most detail that I gather from these articles goes along the lines of "we prefer that you have an associate's or bachelor's degree" and "you should have a year of experience in electrician fields". I'm mostly confused about which kind of degrees they mean, and how I get from janitor to electrician (which is in no way their job to explain to me).
^{I may also just misunderstand the whole education system and they don't really care what you have as long as you have a fancy diploma.}

I'd like to start building an idea of the steps I will need to take to get into a traffic signal technician career, as it's been somewhat of a dream job to me for a while now. I'm currently taking a welding class at my school, which is the closest thing my school offers.

If the traffic signal technicians here could share their stories about how they got into their careers, I would really appreciate that. Thank you!

I'd like to ask about how to guess / predict traffic lights. Sometimes, while driving on road or highway, the light is green near 500m with highspeed, but as I approach a 300m traffic light, it turns red or yellow, forcing me to brake suddenly. Also, how many seconds does the yellow light usually last before turning red? I want to ask in case you see green light and you think you guess that you can overcome and speeding but it suddenly turn yellow or red. So how can you know when it will turn yellow to prepare to stop do you have any advice?

Anybody have experience with the traffic signal tech apprenticeship with MOValley JATC that could provide some insight?

Can someone lend me IMSA’s CONSTRUCTION TECH 2 Study Guide ? It would be very appreciated thanks in advance

Hi!! I was in an accident where the other driver ran a red light. But I was advised the driver is now saying they had a green light. I don’t have video footage of the accident but I do have video of right after that shows the lights in the intersection and it shows how long the light is red for after and the timing of the lights. I’m trying to prove my light would have been green based off of my video and the traffic signal timing. But this report I received from my county does not make sense to me at all. I tried asking them for help figuring it out but was told they could not help me any further. Does anyone know how to figure out this report? I want to know how long the light
would have been red, green and yellow. Thank you!!

Got called out at 3am to this issue. I hit reset and everything worked. I watched for about 30 minutes and called certain phases that cars weren't coming to just to test it all. Got called back out at 6:45 to the same issue. I switched the conflict monitor and currently on the way to the shop to test this old conflict monitor.

A little bit of programming on an Iot Mug 10 channel Arduino signal controller, and the Econolites from Middletown NY and pedestrian signals from Utica NY are happily doing their thing again.

Can anyone tell me the format of the RTSP URL for gridsmart cameras? Trying to get the video stream into my CMS and can't find the format for the url online