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an-eternal-hum t1_iviaye9 wrote

I’m glad there is a market closer by work for when I need it, but it has already made the exit a complete disaster. Tacks an extra 5-10 minutes on my commute and I have never seen more pedestrians brazenly disregard walk lights and clog an intersection.

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Status_Silver_5114 t1_ivjciw7 wrote

Pedestrians have never been great at that intersection- to be fair though no one driving pays any attention either - lots of illegal turns despite signage and lights and u turns in stupid places.

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Federal-Win-2709 t1_ivjdyvr wrote

I swear providence is the worst place to drive when I register my vehicle by all means will Stay out of providence it’s always something with a driver not paying attention or is in a rush

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D-camchow t1_ivjimtq wrote

Good. Less drivers on the roads for those of us who live here.

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criesduringsex t1_ivjnnd9 wrote

It's because the walk lights at that intersection do not work. The light is green, but it still says do not walk. So even though you're right in the middle of a dense city, you're forced to scurry across the street like a rat. I often walk from near the Hot Club to Wickenden, and it's so goddamn stressful and dangerous.

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FunLife64 t1_ivkmbjc wrote

This is how PVD programs them. It’s beyond stupid.

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herbdrizzle t1_ivmr2gg wrote

It stresses me out as a driver when the walk signal turns on as my light turns green. Why??

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FunLife64 t1_ivn7f2g wrote

In most cities that’s the norm for pedestrians.

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brick1972 t1_ivjlun9 wrote

Whether it was for Trader Joe's, this development in general, or a complaint of some kind, RIDOT (or maybe the city but this is an RIDOT designed intersection) changed the timing and order of the light a couple of weeks ago and gave a big nearly unused chunk of time to traffic coming off of Benefit. It may unintentional and be a broken sensor or something that triggers the light but I went from not really noticing the time I spend at this intersection (staying straight on Wickenden/Point) to it making me annoyed every trip.

That said, 5-10 minutes seems pretty extreme unless you are only commuting at the exact peak hour and have to commute through the parking lot. Unless you are blaming Trader Joe's for 195 traffic that has existed since it was on the old route. Or you have a penchant for drama because you got annoyed one day. Which is cool I do it too. But I came through this (coming back from weird as shit November beach day on Saturday) at peak shopping hour and had no real problem getting off at 195. Maybe it's the lunch crowd? Though, I grabbed lunch at TJ's yesterday and didn't really observe this, and had lunch at Geoff's on South Main Friday and neither day did the intersection seem any worse than normal.

On Friday night it did look bad, but I think the construction crew mistakenly closed (or hadn't yet opened) the sidewalk so everyone was walking in the road where the safety fence already encroaches. Or people are just dumb and missed the sidewalk and decided walking in the road was the best option rather than figuring out the alternative.

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FunLife64 t1_ivkyfcv wrote

I go by here 3 days a week at 8:30 and 5…have not noticed any back up because of it or difference since it opened. And that’s still with one lane closed cause of construction on Water.

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lightningbolt1987 t1_ivk3m5l wrote

Weird—I went during rush hour on Friday and there was no traffic at all on the off ramp. Some in the left lane turning into the site but none is you stayed in the right lane to go straight. I live nearby and I have passed a few times—never any traffic. When were you there?

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