Comments on: City Of Raleigh Tickets People for Actually Using Fayetteville Street http://www.markturner.net/2006/07/31/city-of-raleigh-tickets-people-for-actually-using-fayetteville-street/ Perspectives from a Raleigh geek Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:30:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Wade Minter http://www.markturner.net/2006/07/31/city-of-raleigh-tickets-people-for-actually-using-fayetteville-street/#comment-1846 Wade Minter Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1846 We were heading through Raleigh on our way to VA Sunday afternoon, around 1pm or so. I thought it would be cool to avoid the Beltline, go downtown, and drive the four blocks of Fayetteville Street. We went up Wilmington Street, turned onto Fayetteville Street at the southern end, and stopped. It was a nightmare. And I think it was the fault of the traffic lights. The north/south Fayetteville Street lights were on a 10-second green rotation. That's it - 10 seconds. Then the cross streets would go green for a minute or so, then 10 more seconds of Fayetteville Street green. It took us about four light cycles to go one block, where we immediately turned back onto Wilmington Street. Sigh. We were heading through Raleigh on our way to VA Sunday afternoon, around 1pm or so. I thought it would be cool to avoid the Beltline, go downtown, and drive the four blocks of Fayetteville Street.

We went up Wilmington Street, turned onto Fayetteville Street at the southern end, and stopped. It was a nightmare. And I think it was the fault of the traffic lights. The north/south Fayetteville Street lights were on a 10-second green rotation. That’s it - 10 seconds. Then the cross streets would go green for a minute or so, then 10 more seconds of Fayetteville Street green.

It took us about four light cycles to go one block, where we immediately turned back onto Wilmington Street.

Sigh.

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