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Re: Hello from Gatineau

Postby signalkid1 on Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:26 am

BrettQC wrote:Yes, those were what I meant! I wouldn't see the use of the blue signs anymore seeing as there are very few toll roads in Québec anymore (the only one I can think of is the toll bridge on A25, where they put electronic toll signs on top of all the guide signs).


Sadly, you're right on that. The next toll road I know of that'll be created in Québec is the future A-30 around Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. Would be wild if the MTQ did install blue signs for that project! Then again, it would also be really great if they still continued to use shapes for their traffic signal lenses.

BrettQC wrote:Re: Ontario, I don't mind the square edges actually, I just don't like how there's like no standards for where route number signs go or anything. Every sign is just worse than the one before it. Not to mention Ontario's stupid 400-series highway system and lack of secondary and trunk routes. (The Interstate/Autoroute route numbering system is so much better).


The squared edges is something I'm just not used to. I know older New Hampshire signs did the same thing, but I never really cared for that practice.

Ontario actually does have secondary routes, except they're more present toward the more rural parts of the province. And I don't really care for the 400-series highways either. I wouldn't mind them as much though if they used a different design as the non-400 routes.

Also, awesome photos from around Gatineau! The Ottawa-Gatineau area is a place I would love to explore, but I don't think I'll be able to get the chance to do so if I head to Montreal this summer. Can't wait to see more photos! :grin:
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Re: Hello from Gatineau

Postby BrettQC on Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:30 am

signalkid1 wrote:The next toll road I know of that'll be created in Québec is the future A-30 around Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. Would be wild if the MTQ did install blue signs for that project! Then again, it would also be really great if they still continued to use shapes for their traffic signal lenses.


I doubt they would, they've opted for the toll pictograms above the guide signs like on A-25, it will probably be the same in new installations. And please no, I don't like the shaped lights, haha. It's so odd around here, there are intersections with shapes, some with just square reds, and some without - you'd thing they'd just do one or the other!
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Re: Hello from Gatineau

Postby signalkid1 on Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:39 am

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signalkid1 wrote:The next toll road I know of that'll be created in Québec is the future A-30 around Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. Would be wild if the MTQ did install blue signs for that project! Then again, it would also be really great if they still continued to use shapes for their traffic signal lenses.


I doubt they would, they've opted for the toll pictograms above the guide signs like on A-25, it will probably be the same in new installations. And please no, I don't like the shaped lights, haha. It's so odd around here, there are intersections with shapes, some with just square reds, and some without - you'd thing they'd just do one or the other!


Not a fan of the shaped lenses, eh? I just wasn't used to them when I saw them, so I thought they were really cool! :grin:

But now that they're getting rid of them, it seems to be a huge mixing bowl in terms of both shaped and non-shaped signals in the province!
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Re: Hello from Gatineau

Postby BrettQC on Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:40 am

Here's a video I took of the pedestrian lights (they flicker in this video, but rest-assured it doesn't do that IRL)!

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Re: Hello from Gatineau

Postby mikerm on Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:07 pm

That is the weirdest video size I have ever seen. Interesting, but really hard to see anything. :blink:
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Re: Hello from Gatineau

Postby BrettQC on Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:11 pm

mikerm wrote:That is the weirdest video size I have ever seen. Interesting, but really hard to see anything. :blink:


Yeah I noticed that, it's the iPhone 4S, when taking a video vertically. If you watch full-screen it's easier to see.

It changes from the DON'T WALK hand with 0 on the timer to WALK man with 25 on the timer and changes to flashing DON'T WALK hand at 20.

EDIT: The pedestrian lights seem to be made by Tassimco. Here's a video from another website: http://home.comcast.net/~trafficsignals/countdown2.wmv
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Re: Hello from Gatineau

Postby BrettQC on Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:37 pm

3liteguy wrote:Image


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Re: Hello from Gatineau

Postby 3liteguy on Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:43 pm

Wish you had circled around to the front on this.

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Re: Hello from Gatineau

Postby notMUTCDcompliant on Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:04 pm

I think that IS going to be the front... Look at the overheads to the right... looks like that head isn't used yet
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Re: Hello from Gatineau

Postby BrettQC on Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:21 pm

notMUTCDcompliant wrote:I think that IS going to be the front... Look at the overheads to the right... looks like that head isn't used yet


You're right. They're not in-use. It's for the "Rapibus" Bus-Rapid Transit (BRT) being built in the city (as that yellow sign points out). I can try and get more shots of these very recent lights. Needless to say, it has created some interesting light combinations of having 2 intersections and railway tracks (albeit not active atm) all on one (large) set of lights.
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