Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 20, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Afloat Zarday free september t e c h n o l o g y cites traffic lights smart ening up computer signals to save nerves by Manfred apr science reporter Jeff free press Cummen left and Adamson new lights work last the sound of cogs and wheels moving in the control boxes of traffic lights will soon be traffic lights Are being converted to operate by computers designed to be so precise they will not Only keep the lights but will be adjusted for weather Road conditions or when there is a break Down in the so called Green wave traffic flow where motorists can drive Down a stretch of Road without being stopped repeatedly at red will occur More right this City has about 560 traffic Light controlled the streets and transportation department is Busy switching them All to about 250 of them already Are ten of them Are hooked into a regional computer which keeps track of traffic conditions and adjusts sequence Only when traffic or Road conditions by years that number will have reached about in the inner most traffic lights still operate says Carl the cites traffic signals current proposals foresee Central computer control in eight or 10 Meres whats Likely to happen Over the next three or four years at least 60 per cent of computer traffic Light intersections will be connected to regional computers or a Central system which will Monitor and the system will collect and store traffic counts from any it will Monitor traffic conditions anywhere in the City at any time of Day or if traffic is heavy in one remt Moln numiw6f traffic Igims More to Tafi number of pedestrian corridors 166 no filbec of Ligh bulbs in All the traffic lights number of hours each bulb Esti mated to last with the red and Green Light each being on half the the City says they last at least two annual electric Bill for All the traffic lights All information is Courtesy of the streets and transportation direction across one Green lights will last an existing system of thousands of inductive electronic loops embed ded in Road surfaces around intersections will Monitor traffic flow and trigger computer phase the system will be designed to be so Energy efficient that the Cost of installing it will be paid for within a few years of changing to full computerization in one fell swoop would be More expensive than the gradual phase in will the signals engineers have deter the savings have already on Lagimodiere Many traffic lights no longer use Light bulbs but instead operate on Amber and Green Light emitting each Light element comprises scores of such located behind powerful optical lenses and throwing Many times the Light intensity old fashioned bulbs used the led signals Cost More but last several times longer than bulbs and use a fraction of the Kummen says the City now pays about a year for the electricity needed to Ruff its system of traffic less will Likely Cut that Cost in Robert superintendent of traffic signals for the says depending on the availability of Money about per year right now his workshops can con Vert dozens of lighted Winnipeg intersections to computer operation every computers work better in extreme hot and cold weather than their mechanical forbears Are easier to maintain together with the led driven Light could Theo retinal Llast to says Ross the cites manager of traffic Engi Neering continuing modernization of traffic signals will mean lower costs and a higher level of ser the modern signals system will be programmed to recognize Adverse driving conditions ranging from extreme heat to Snow and ice or Sud Den torrential summer the change intervals will be automatically adjusted to Clear backed up tray in addition to All computer traffic control systems can Tell Central traffic controllers when they have broken Down and Are not so corrective measures can be what of the future will it take less time to go from Point a to Point b but not Chochinov says certain conditions never roads will still have As Many lanes As they do now and cars must com Pete for Walmart sidewalk Sale starts today Crystal ii system Saver Brandon vital Crossroads Grant uni City Garden shoppers Centre Park fashion City mall 1225 1580 1080 3605 945 marys Regent Grant Portage Leila muscular dystrophy association of Canada september is awareness month dome renovators u i get ready for fall i siding flood repairs renovations free estimates 1o3o the Rural municipality of Springfield under the planning act notice of Public meeting Reg Arpin bylaw 971 5 the Council of the Rural municipality of Springfield under the authority of the planning act will hold a Public meeting at Council 628 main Oak Manitoba on october 1997 at Al which time and place the Council will receive representations end objections from any persons who wish to make them in respect of bylaw 9715 be ing apropo sad amendment to Springfield town plan Ning scheme a copy of the above bylaw and supporting material maybe inspected by any person Between the hours of and monday to Friday at the offices of the Rural municipality of 628 main the general intent of bylaw 9715 is to re designate All that por Tion of blk 44 ramp 433 lying South of Road plan 5394 excepting car rights of Way plan 6567 and 15294 and the most southerly 30 of said blk 44 from a Rural District to High Way commercial Pis Trie As shown outlined by a bold line on the map area affected Eri Towler chief administrative officer i ii High blood pressure fact j if left High blood pressure can cause kidney heart attack and More facts j up to 50 of patients Stop taking their lowering drugs in the first something must be done to improve understanding and control of this chronic want to know More come hear Canadas top medical experts discuss High blood pressure and the problem of drug related Side effects at a unique free Public forum what is High blood pressure and How will it effect me what lifestyle changes can 1 make to lower blood pressure what Are the 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