The Gahanna City Engineer’s office is often asked questions regarding traffic signal timing and coordination. Here are a few facts that may help you understand this complex system.
Traffic signals in Gahanna operate on a time-of-day schedule. The timing and sequence of each light varies throughout the day. Many of Gahanna’s signals operate in coordination. Signal coordination is when signals in a corridor communicate with one another to operate in a sequence providing the motorist a greater opportunity to travel through the next adjacent signal. Coordination is usually provided in a specific direction depending on volume of traffic. For instance, during the AM Peak hour, Hamilton Road signals will favor the southbound direction and should change on a sequence which provides a motorist traveling southbound a greater opportunity to travel through multiple green lights while exiting town.
