  Cmubryan Member Username: Cmubryan Post Number: 247 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.169.179 |
Everyone knows how much I love this city but the city management absolutely plain sucks. Just an example of how unresponsive and slow this city is: There is a traffic light in the heart of downtown Detroit at the corner of Woodward and Witherall just south of GCP. The red light on Witherall on the east side of Woodward has been out for over 2 months. How many city officals/elected officals/important people drive by this daily?! Yet nothing gets done. Now, the green light on the same corner on Woodward has been out for over three weeks. We install these brand new shining traffic lights and can't even change a simple traffic light and this is in the heart of downtown!! I can't even imagine how many aren't taken care of throughout the neighborhoods. It is absolutely ridiculous and even though it is such a small thing is an example of the crappy management of this city. If we can't even do something so small such as this task, how are we ever going to move some of the mountains that we have ahead of us? Take any surrounding suburb and this would not be allowed. I live downtown and I will continue to do so but when people wonder why it seems like we aren't moving forward at times take a look at who we have running this city! | ||
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette Post Number: 651 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 68.60.177.56 |
What, is the Super Bowl coming up? We don't need lights unless there is a SuperBowl. | ||
Northend Member Username: Northend Post Number: 920 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 69.220.232.15 |
city officials, cops, buses, etc don't stop at red lights anyway. They'll never notice | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 958 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 152.163.100.8 |
and the T intersection at Witherall & Adams has no traffic control lights or signs whatsoever | ||
Rberlin Member Username: Rberlin Post Number: 524 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 68.76.54.108 |
Damn, I was expecting a Polish joke... Anyway one solution might be to privatize non-essential city services. I don't blame the workers necessarily, but the Mayor/CCs' friends who get these jobs and are never pressured to perform their actual jobs. | ||
Jsmyers Member Username: Jsmyers Post Number: 1659 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 209.131.7.68 |
Or could it be that the people assigned to change light bulbs on traffic lights in a 139 square mile vehicle centered city have a big back log? Maybe the question is why they have a backlog? Maybe Rberlin is on the right track, but maybe they don't have the right equipment, information, communication, or something else they need to do their jobs. | ||
Alexei289 Member Username: Alexei289 Post Number: 1107 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.61.183.223 |
.... the city has a 2 billion dollar budget... im sure they can afford to change some traffic lights... how bout a better question... where the fuk does 2 billion dollars go if they lights arent even on?? | ||
Deputy_mayor_2026 Member Username: Deputy_mayor_2026 Post Number: 17 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 64.12.116.204 |
How come there are so many traffic lights that are not in use (hanging on their side behind other lights)? Are these ready replacements for the ones that the city expects to be vandalized or break? | ||
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl Post Number: 725 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.14.30.175 |
OUTED!!! alexei = l. brooks patterson! | ||
Jsmyers Member Username: Jsmyers Post Number: 1660 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 68.255.164.15 |
There is an ongoing project to replace signals across the city. They new ones have to be strung up and tested before the old ones can be removed. There is an overlap. | ||
Michigansheik Member Username: Michigansheik Post Number: 134 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 68.40.107.39 |
Woodward is a state controlled road, blame MDOT or at least tell them first. | ||
Alexei289 Member Username: Alexei289 Post Number: 1110 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.61.183.223 |
is isnt downtown south of GCP... | ||
Deputy_mayor_2026 Member Username: Deputy_mayor_2026 Post Number: 18 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 152.163.100.8 |
Well it must be a project that is quite backed up, but then again with a major city it must be an ongoing one. Jsmyers, thanks for the information though. | ||
Ro_resident Member Username: Ro_resident Post Number: 157 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 63.85.13.248 |
Woodward is a city road between Jefferson and Adams, so you should call Detroit DPW at the 311 number or their general number is 313-224-3900 to report a problem. | ||
Michigansheik Member Username: Michigansheik Post Number: 142 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 63.65.97.67 |
3 months ago the traffic light at woodward and congress was out. I called public lighitng, 313-224-0500 and the gentleman told me he would contact MDOT via wayne county roads to fix it since it was a state run road. Since that is between Jefferson and Adams I would call public lighting and ask them if MDOT can help. Tell them those blue round lights installed on the people mover track before superbwo at park and woodward are 80% burned out now too. The general number to 311 is 313-224-INFO(4636) although many city numbers forward there now. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1152 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225 |
A few years ago, the pedestal light on the NE corner of Congress and Wash Blvd. was out. I called two or three different numbers and was finally told it had been previously reported as "not operating", but had been added to the repair list. I think it took a good 6 months to get it operable. Fortunately, the intersection was controlled by other lights so maybe the pedestal light was not high on the priority list ( unless you were a pedestrian). | ||
Homer Member Username: Homer Post Number: 45 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 69.242.221.113 |
In SW Detroit the I-75 service drive at Junction and several other streets have had non-functioning traffic signals for over a year. The City's solution? Put up stop signs and make it a 4 way stop. Much easier to blow through the intersection now on my way to Duly's. | ||
Zulu_warrior Member Username: Zulu_warrior Post Number: 2766 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.251.27.41 |
I just need to know if anybody actually contact PLD? | ||
Genesyxx Member Username: Genesyxx Post Number: 489 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 12.2.196.17 |
You have to keep bugging until a) they listen and put it on their list. b) they stop answering their phones. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 7228 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.159.19 |
WHich begs the question - why doesn't Detroit have a web based site to file these reports and check on status. Could cut a lot of people from the phones and delete many duplicate calls as well as tracks metrics on resolution time. You could have top DPS students work as interns and set this stuff up with the oversight and review of the CoD IT management staff or integrator. | ||
Alexei289 Member Username: Alexei289 Post Number: 1115 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.61.183.223 |
how many PLD people does it take to change a lightbulb ;) seriously tho... how fukin hard can it be to stockpile a shitload of lightbulbs and run down each street changing bulbs as you see them out?? i mean... why should it take a complaint to realize a bulb doesnt work after driving down a street? fuk.. if it dont work... CHANGE IT | ||
Cmubryan Member Username: Cmubryan Post Number: 248 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.169.179 |
Exactly and almost every other city in Michigan can change a traffic light when it is out, it is sad that the largest city in the state doesn't have capabilities to do that. Another example of the lack of responsibility and management is they put those beautiful nice blue bulbs on the DPM track in front of the Whitney building for the Superbowl then surely one is out, two are out, three, etc. I think all but one or two are working now. It's so senseless, we install these beautiful features but just let them rot and can't even do easy maintenance on them. | ||
Nellonfury Member Username: Nellonfury Post Number: 140 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 68.43.156.135 |
I agree with you 100% Homer. Some intersections in Downtown Detroit has old non-functioning traffic signals with stop signs.That's not call management, that's call being lazy.The city NEEDS to take then down for good. The funny thing about all of this, the city is installing new signals all over town but they can't change a bulb and taking down the non-functioning signals. What a joke!!! | ||
Busterwmu Member Username: Busterwmu Post Number: 242 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 24.247.221.241 |
How many lighthing employees does it take to change a lightbulb, you may ask? 903749503! That's why they rarely get fixed! | ||
Jerome81 Member Username: Jerome81 Post Number: 977 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 64.142.86.133 |
I get a bigger laugh out of the stoplights in all those abandoned neighborhoods where they gotta help traffic move from prairie to prairie. Drive up St Aubin sometime. |
