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OPEN DELEGATION BY ANDRÉ CHAMPOUX CONCERNING TRAFFIC LIGHT SENSORS NOT DETECTING MOTORCYCLES FOR LIGHTS TO CHANGE
Tom Hanrahan, Supervisor of Traffic and Parking Services provided information pertaining to traffic signal detections.
Mr. Hanrahan discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• How the traffic signal detection works;
• The types of detection devices that the City uses;
• A diagram illustrating the induction-loop traffic sensors; and
• Photographs showing the location on a road lane, where a motorcycle and bicycle could be detected.
Members of the Committee asked several questions and received responses from City staff.
Mr. André Champoux provided an Open Delegation regarding traffic sensor detectors associated with motorcycles and discussed the following concerns and suggestions:
• The traffic sensors are not detecting his motorcycle when he approaches the majority of signaled intersections in the City;
• The location of the traffic sensor detectors for motorcycles is difficult to see;
• Motorcyclists are taught to drive on the left side of the lane, not in the centre where the traffic sensors are located;
• A comment from City staff associated with an approach to maneuvering intersections where sensors may not be detecting motorcycles appropriately; and
• A suggestion to paint a bright colour on the road to indicate where the traffic sensor is located.
Members of the Committee asked several questions and received responses from City staff and Mr. Champoux.