I have a concept on what an amendment made to the HTA regulation 626 (https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/900626) to allow transit signals could potentially look like. I posted it on my YouTube posts, but I decided I'd share it here as well. First would be phase 1, where diagonal bars to...

There are actually places in North America that do this. I recently learned from @reaperexpress that Portland experimented with several different styles of indication lights. They even have Dutch ring-shaped countdowns. There's a study available at https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56507. If...

I like this idea. What you have in mind for other places, such as Toronto? Maybe Humber River for the West side, the 401 for the North side, and Rouge River for the East side?

The thing is, how exactly would this work? Would "no right on red" signs have to be placed at each downtown intersection, or would it be within a specific boundary that drivers are expected to know? If I'm not mistaken, Montreal bans RTOR, but it's on an island, so it's obvious when you've...

A few days ago I made this mock-up on how a transit priority phase before left turning vehicles could work, based off of a few discussions I have previously read. @reaperexpress also gave me some feedback in the comments section about what other movements could be allowed concurrently with the...

I think he was suggesting that the controller would somehow be able to detect the switch position, then treat the white bar as either a thru-only signal, a left-only signal, or a right-only signal depending on the position. However, can signal controllers really do that? Here's another issue...

You answered your own question. White bars are used when the streetcar that is facing it has priority over the entire intersection. Meaning that you cannot show it when there are any other concurrent movements that would conflict with any streetcar movements. And if you decide to allow it just...

So until actual transit signals get allowed, your solution is that a white bar means thru only (no turns) at a few intersections along roads such as King Street, then turns only at practically every other intersection? Or are you proposing that we modify most of our dedicated transit signals to...

That doesn't prove that Toronto already "means whatever you need it to based on the specific intersection". This is just another white bar for turn priority, which is how they basically always use white bars.

Examples?? The whole point of reworking the HTA rules about this stuff is that dedicated transit signals don't need to have green lights, eliminating the possibility that motorists get them confused. How about this: you draw up some diagrams explanining what you would do instead.

As a matter of fact, that is exactly what is trying to be done. Do you really expect them to show a red light for the transit vehicles every time the ped phases come on? Because that's what's gonna happen if you only let streetcars proceed on a "priority" phase. Why don't you draw some diagrams...

Let's say for example you show a white bar for Eastbound traffic. Transit vehicles turning left would conflict with pedestrians on the North crosswalk, and transit vehicles turning right would conflict with pedestrians on the South crosswalk. It's therefore not possible to give those crosswalks...

I don't think more signs is what we need. Especially at places like King Street, where the signage clutter has already gone off the rails. And white bars do not currently mean turning vehicles yield. I don't think so. The only real solution is a major HTA overhall to change the meaning of the...

That still means that they can't be on for both directions at the same time, and they can't be on concurrently with pedestrian movements. So about the transit signals with a red light, a yellow light, a green light, and a white bar. Without changing the legal meaning of the white bar, what...

You do know that turn priority means that they don't also have to yield to pedestrian is cyclists, either, right? Or opposing streetcars going straight. Meaning that if you exclusively used a white bar, EB streetcars and WB streetcars would need their own completely exclusive phase, then...