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.