By Walt Schaefer
The Cincinnati Enquirer
QUESTION: The traffic signal at Westwood-Northern Boulevard and Fyffe Avenue in East Westwood lasts only five to six seconds and the timing seems to be short. Can you check to see if this signal is operating properly? -
Victor J. Minella, Westwood
ANSWER: Cincinnati Traffic Engineer Steve Bailey said this signal is controlled by sensors at the painted white stop bar. When a lone vehicle triggers the sensor, and no pedestrians push the button to cross Westwood-Northern, the green light to pull out of Fyffe lasts six seconds. The timing provides motorists on heavily traveled Westwood-Northern with as much green time as possible. When more than one vehicle is present on Fyffe, or a driver is distracted and does not pull out of the street promptly, the Fyffe green sequence extends to as long as 15 seconds during non-peak traffic and 17 seconds during peak hours.
Q: At Liberty Street and Central Parkway in Over-the-Rhine there is an old building with a sign that says "Warner Bros. Pictures." How was the building used? -
David Bracher, Clifton
A: Years ago, large motion picture studios maintained film distribution centers in metropolitan areas. The centers distributed films to area theaters that bought the rights to screen them. Enquirer files indicate the Warner Bros. distribution center likely was closed in the late 1960s or early 1970s.
Q: I recently was in Atlanta, where motorists use the inside road median as a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane. The stretch of Interstate 71 between Kenwood in Sycamore Township and Kings Island in Warren County seems to be wider than the roads in Georgia. Why aren't HOV lanes designated to provide an extra lane of traffic? -
Kevin Steinblock, Deerfield Township
A: Jay Hamilton, traffic safety engineer for the Ohio Department of Transportation, said an additional lane could not be marked without increasing pavement for the road's shoulder. The area south of Interstate 275 has 10-foot-wide shoulders, insufficient for even a dedicated turn lane approaching exits. Outside the I-275 loop, shoulders still are not wide enough to accommodate another lane of traffic, he said.
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