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Liberty Restoration Project’s Open Letter to Mayor Funkhouser

The Liberty Restoration Project has put together an Open Letter to Mayor Funkhouser in regards to the red light cameras. http://www.libertyrestorationproject.org/2010/05/07/open-letter-to-the-mayor-of-kansas-city-regarding-red-light-cameras/ This is the first in a series of open letters to Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser on behalf of the Missouri Citizens who support The Liberty Restoration Project. We, The Liberty Restoration Project, have [...]

May 11, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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Changes to the Yellow Light Timing have Increased Red Light Running by 80%

The 1985 ITE Proposed Recommended Practice  (From pages 13-15 of the report The Red Light Running Crisis: Is it Intentional?) http://www.motorists.org/photoenforce/dickarmeyfinalreport.pdf By 1985, ITE had begun to change the way signal times were calculated in the past. The first modifications were published in their “Proposed Recommended Practice” a mere three years after New York City [...]

October 21, 2009 · Tona · No Comments
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A Comparison of Old and New Yellow Light Timing Calculations

More from The Red Light Running Crisis Is it Intentional? Yellow Light Timing Engineering Calculations have changed over the last 3 decades. 1976 and earlier  Yellow time: Reaction time + Stopping time + Clearance time  Clearance time: seconds at the option of the engineer. Included in yellow time, plus all-red of 1-2  The result: Entries [...]

October 20, 2009 · Tona · No Comments
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