Center Street Traffic Synchronization Success
The ATRC, in cooperation with the City of Auburn's Electrical Department, upgraded the Center Street corridor with synchronization of its traffic lights with new timing and hardware. This affects the intersections with ramps on and off from Mt. Auburn Avenue, as well as the two intersections immediately to the north. A video of the new timing in action can be viewed on youtube.
The upgrade in hardware and timing was noticed by the LATC's fixed route bus service (PurpleBus.org). Harold Allen of Western Maine Transportation notes that "the synchronization of the signals on Center Street has dramatically improved on-time performance of the citylink buses serving the mall area." In comparison to previous months the number of "missed call's," where the bus was delayed enough on a route to where it would skip the remainder of the time and wait at the station for the next start time, has been reduced significantly.