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Re: Google Street View
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:48 pm
by ToledoRailfan
ZachL wrote:ToledoRailfan wrote:ZachL wrote:
Awesome, I don't think I've ever seen 3M pedestrian signals before!
There are some in Washington D.C and in the surrounding area if I remember correctly.
Last time I checked, DC is entirely LED and has countdown signals so those could very much be gone by now.
Here are two.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8949212 ... !1e1?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8951054 ... !1e1?hl=en
I'm pretty sure that there might be a worded one somewhere in Washington D.C, someone posted one on Facebook that should be in the same area as the other two Washington 3M crosswalk signals but I was unable to find it.
Re: Google Street View
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:01 pm
by ZachL
ToledoRailfan wrote:ZachL wrote:ToledoRailfan wrote:ZachL wrote:
Awesome, I don't think I've ever seen 3M pedestrian signals before!
There are some in Washington D.C and in the surrounding area if I remember correctly.
Last time I checked, DC is entirely LED and has countdown signals so those could very much be gone by now.
Here are two.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8949212 ... !1e1?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8951054 ... !1e1?hl=en
I'm pretty sure that there might be a worded one somewhere in Washington D.C, a friend a mine posted one on Facebook that should be in the same area as the other two Washington 3M crosswalk signals but I was unable to find it.
Interesting! Looks like they retrofitted the LEDs into them as well
Re: Google Street View
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:12 pm
by ToledoRailfan
ZachL wrote:ToledoRailfan wrote:ZachL wrote:ToledoRailfan wrote:ZachL wrote:
Awesome, I don't think I've ever seen 3M pedestrian signals before!
There are some in Washington D.C and in the surrounding area if I remember correctly.
Last time I checked, DC is entirely LED and has countdown signals so those could very much be gone by now.
Here are two.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8949212 ... !1e1?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8951054 ... !1e1?hl=en
I'm pretty sure that there might be a worded one somewhere in Washington D.C, a friend a mine posted one on Facebook that should be in the same area as the other two Washington 3M crosswalk signals but I was unable to find it.
Interesting! Looks like they retrofitted the LEDs into them as well
I just found out while going back through time on Streetview that this classic signal use to exist here! Almost looks to be neon?
Re: Google Street View
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:18 pm
by ZachL
Yep that's definitely a classic neon pedestrian signal there. I wanna say it's a Winkomatic signal, too.
Re: Google Street View
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:44 pm
by freebrickproductions
ZachL wrote:
Yep that's definitely a classic neon pedestrian signal there. I wanna say it's a Winkomatic signal, too.
Yep. That's a neon Winkomatic signal. I believe Roanoke, VA also used to have a bunch of Crouse-hinds Type-M pedestrian signals.
Also, here are a few more 3M peds in DC, one of which is worded!
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9368694 ... authuser=0
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9369145 ... authuser=0
Better view of the worded lens:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9368694 ... authuser=0
These are actually near an apartment my dad stayed at for a while when he got temporarily transferred to DC, so I probably saw these in person when I was younger! I'll have to see about stopping by them on my way up to New Jersey if I can get up there this summer. Also, there used to be a doghouse signal at this intersection in the past, which are rare in DC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367364 ... authuser=0
Re: Google Street View
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:54 pm
by ZachL
freebrickproductions wrote:These are actually near an apartment my dad stayed at for a while when he got temporarily transferred to DC, so I probably saw these in person when I was younger! I'll have to see about stopping by them on my way up to New Jersey if I can get up there this summer. Also, there used to be a doghouse signal at this intersection in the past, which are rare in DC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367364 ... authuser=0
Interesting, I never knew that doghouses were rare in DC.
By the way, it appears that gray is the standard signal color in DC, and not black.
This is where the doghouse posted by David was. It was replaced by a standard Durasig head, which is not painted black at all but looked fairly new based on how reflective it was:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367579 ... authuser=0
And here it is today, blending in with the rest of the signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367336 ... authuser=0
Re: Google Street View
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 2:20 pm
by freebrickproductions
ZachL wrote:freebrickproductions wrote:These are actually near an apartment my dad stayed at for a while when he got temporarily transferred to DC, so I probably saw these in person when I was younger! I'll have to see about stopping by them on my way up to New Jersey if I can get up there this summer. Also, there used to be a doghouse signal at this intersection in the past, which are rare in DC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367364 ... authuser=0
Interesting, I never knew that doghouses were rare in DC.
By the way, it appears that gray is the standard signal color in DC, and not black.
This is where the doghouse posted by David was. It was replaced by a standard Durasig head, which is not painted black at all but looked fairly new based on how reflective it was:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367579 ... authuser=0
And here it is today, blending in with the rest of the signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367336 ... authuser=0
Battleship gray used to be DC's standard color for signals, seems they're swapping to black now though...
Re: Google Street View
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 3:52 pm
by ZachL
freebrickproductions wrote:ZachL wrote:freebrickproductions wrote:These are actually near an apartment my dad stayed at for a while when he got temporarily transferred to DC, so I probably saw these in person when I was younger! I'll have to see about stopping by them on my way up to New Jersey if I can get up there this summer. Also, there used to be a doghouse signal at this intersection in the past, which are rare in DC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367364 ... authuser=0
Interesting, I never knew that doghouses were rare in DC.
By the way, it appears that gray is the standard signal color in DC, and not black.
This is where the doghouse posted by David was. It was replaced by a standard Durasig head, which is not painted black at all but looked fairly new based on how reflective it was:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367579 ... authuser=0
And here it is today, blending in with the rest of the signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367336 ... authuser=0
Battleship gray used to be DC's standard color for signals, seems they're swapping to black now though...
I honestly thought that DC's signals were colored as such just due to age and faded paint.
By the way, I have always remembered DC's pedestrian signals having the walk indication flash, even before they got countdown signals. That was one thing that stuck out to me when I was there in 2001 compared to pedestrian signals down here.
Re: Google Street View
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:22 pm
by freebrickproductions
ZachL wrote:freebrickproductions wrote:ZachL wrote:freebrickproductions wrote:These are actually near an apartment my dad stayed at for a while when he got temporarily transferred to DC, so I probably saw these in person when I was younger! I'll have to see about stopping by them on my way up to New Jersey if I can get up there this summer. Also, there used to be a doghouse signal at this intersection in the past, which are rare in DC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367364 ... authuser=0
Interesting, I never knew that doghouses were rare in DC.
By the way, it appears that gray is the standard signal color in DC, and not black.
This is where the doghouse posted by David was. It was replaced by a standard Durasig head, which is not painted black at all but looked fairly new based on how reflective it was:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367579 ... authuser=0
And here it is today, blending in with the rest of the signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367336 ... authuser=0
Battleship gray used to be DC's standard color for signals, seems they're swapping to black now though...
I honestly thought that DC's signals were colored as such just due to age and faded paint.
By the way, I have always remembered DC's pedestrian signals having the walk indication flash, even before they got countdown signals. That was one thing that stuck out to me when I was there in 2001 compared to pedestrian signals down here.
Ah yes, the good-old "dancing man" indication. They did that as a trial run for the MUTCD (it didn't get adopted), and it was done to remind pedestrians to be on the look-out for any turning cars.
Also, some foreign countries will have the walk indication flash for the clearance phase, rather than the don't walk indication.
Re: Google Street View
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:31 pm
by ToledoRailfan
freebrickproductions wrote:ZachL wrote:freebrickproductions wrote:ZachL wrote:freebrickproductions wrote:These are actually near an apartment my dad stayed at for a while when he got temporarily transferred to DC, so I probably saw these in person when I was younger! I'll have to see about stopping by them on my way up to New Jersey if I can get up there this summer. Also, there used to be a doghouse signal at this intersection in the past, which are rare in DC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367364 ... authuser=0
Interesting, I never knew that doghouses were rare in DC.
By the way, it appears that gray is the standard signal color in DC, and not black.
This is where the doghouse posted by David was. It was replaced by a standard Durasig head, which is not painted black at all but looked fairly new based on how reflective it was:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367579 ... authuser=0
And here it is today, blending in with the rest of the signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9367336 ... authuser=0
Battleship gray used to be DC's standard color for signals, seems they're swapping to black now though...
I honestly thought that DC's signals were colored as such just due to age and faded paint.
By the way, I have always remembered DC's pedestrian signals having the walk indication flash, even before they got countdown signals. That was one thing that stuck out to me when I was there in 2001 compared to pedestrian signals down here.
Ah yes, the good-old "dancing man" indication. They did that as a trial run for the MUTCD (it didn't get adopted), and it was done to remind pedestrians to be on the look-out for any turning cars.
Do you have any images of this?