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Originally Posted by sopas ej
Wow! Great image.
I think it's cool that Houston seems to always have had those "sideways"mounted traffic lights.
OK, sorry for being off topic!
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No worries. Nothing is off-topic in one of my dumb threads.
Some of the new-ish traffic lights in DT Houston are now vertical. If you pan around in this street view you will see both types in the same intersection as well as in the preceding and following intersections:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7585...5409&entry=ttu
Lots of intersections are like this.
I looked up the reasoning behind the horizontal lights. The stated main reason is they are easier for drivers to see the entire traffic light when stopped at an intersection. Also, horizontal hanging lights have two connections instead of one holding them to the wire... helpful in our... ahem... "interesting" ...weather.
ETA: I just realized that in the small photo on the bottom right, the next visible intersection beyond the one where the pedestrians are crossing is the intersection in this Google street view. The disappearance of retail has really ruined Downtown.