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Please check the new loops in Royal Oak

The city of Royal Oak recently changed the traffic signal at 12 Mile Road and Connecticut — a popular crossing for cyclists.

The old signal cycled automatically, giving green lights to both streets. In order to reduce delays on 12 Mile, the new signal only gives a green like to Connecticut when a vehicle is present. They added loop detectors in the ground which detect metal objects like cars. However, the contractors told the city that the loops should also detect bicycles.

And that’s where we need you help.

We want to make sure it does detect bicycles, especially single bikes with non-steel frames (e.g. carbon.) If you have such a bike, could you ride up to this light on Connecticut and see if you get a green signal? It may take upwards of 45 seconds.

Please send your results to info@m-bike.org and we’ll pass them along to the Royal Oak City Engineer.

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2 Responses to “Please check the new loops in Royal Oak”

  1. Mike Says:
    May 8th, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    The best method I’ve found to make sure that a bike will be detected is to ride over a corner of the loop and not through the middle section; this should activate the sensor for Connecticut.

  2. Joel Batterman Says:
    May 11th, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    Positioning your wheels about one-half the way over from the center of the circle is the rule of thumb I remember.

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