sig will nals are being retimed with a car in mind. transportation reporter adam tuss is at freedom plaza now with a report on why the bus is getting priority in some cases. adam? >> that's right, jim. we certainly are getting around in a different way than we did even just a few years ago. take a look at the traffic signals here along pennsylvania avenue. they're all being retimed, but not necessarily with the car in mind. a lot of these are having the bus take the priority. what good is getting on the bus if the bus is stuck in the same traffic as everyone else? some signals in the district haven't been retimed in 30 years, and as the city works to synchronize them, busses are taking a lot of the focus of new technology. 200 signals being outfitted with technology that will allow the bus itself to change the light so that the bus can keep rolling. >> and where ridership is typically higher like the georgia avenue, and wisconsin avenue and the part of downtown. >> radja was the traffic signal manager and he explains why overall the re

some traffic lights in the city haven't been retimed in 30 years., there is a herculean effort under way to retime the lights here and this will affect you whether you drive in d.c. or if you're from maryland or virginia. >> even on a biting cold day like today you'll find a lot of this in the district. >> and even on a bitter cold day like today you'll find plenty of this in d.c. and, well, you'll always find this in the district. now the plan is to make this and this work together better by taking better care of this. >> and there are over 1600 traffic signals in d.c. radja is a traffic signal manager with ddot and he explains why this is such a critical project. >> we are not widening roadways anymore and we have little capacity to push the amount of traffic that we've got. >> reporter: in short, getting traffic timing right matters. 60% of the city's signals have had some sort of retiming and the upside is tangible in terms of time, fuel and the environment. >> the annual benefit itself came out to close to $100 million in savings. >> reporter:

. >>> traffic in the district is being retimed at a serious pass. they've retimed 70% of them to make traffic flow better. >> what good is taking the bus if the bus is traveling at the same pace as the traffic as well. buses are taking a lot of the foe does kous testify new technology. 200 signals will allow the bus to change the light so the bus can keep rolling. >> cot corridors where ridership is higher. >> he's the traffic signal passenger with ddot. he explains why overall it's such a critical project for the district. >> we're not widening our roadways anymore so we have little capacity to push the amount of traffic we've got. >> it matters. it matters for drivers. >> we have a lot of work to do. the lights aren't -- they don't match at all. >> it matters for pedestrians. >> i can just say, you nknow progressively over time it's gotten better. >> a changing city and ddot hopes changing the lights on time helps out with all commuters. the city says it should be able to have all the lights retimed in about a year. let's hope it makes a differenc

the transportation department is trying to retime the district's traffic lights for the first time in 30 years and trying to accommodate everyone, whether they walk,pedal. transportation reporter adam tuss is with us and why has it been so long since vdot touched these lights? >> reporter: we simply have a different city now. we have more people on bicycles and we have areas where pedestrians are way more present than they have been in the past and we're simply just not planning for the automobile all together anymore and you have to look at a more comprehensive way to do the network and now ddot to their credit has recognized that and they've gone in and they've started to retime some of the signals across the city and they have a lot of work to do, but not all of the timing matches up and what one car need a pedestrian doesn't need and it's a big task in front of them. >> there is a ton of development going on around the district and does that make it harder to retime these lights? >> of course. you think about when a new building goes up there, there's often new infrastructure that

some haven't been retimed in three decades. >> we are not widening our roadways anymore. you know, we have little capacity to push the amount of traffic that we got. >> there are more than 1600 traffic signals in d.c. 200 signals will have new technology that allows buses to change the lights so they can keep moving. >>> a trolley station under dupont circle will be open to the public for first time in two decades. the nonprofit arts organization who takes up part of that space is lacking for artists to do something creative with hundreds of thousands of plastic balls. you can be part of project reball, a design competition that will feature the balls in the newly opened station. you can head to the nbc washington app and we'll add all the information you need to know about this competition there. the station is going to open in april. if i'm not mistaken, are these balls at the building museum. >> looks like a beach, remember, you went in there and it was like sand and -- >> i was going to say no way did he go in. >> lots of kids went in, though. >>> kids of all ages are

have not been retimed in 30 years. >> we're not widening our roadways anymore. so we have little capacity to push the traffic that we got. >> reporter: there are more than 1600 traffic signals in d.c. 200 signals have the new technology that allows buss to change the lights so they can keep moving. >>> american university has banned hover boards from campus. a letter went out to students saying a temporary ban was going into effect immediately. george washington university and loy loyala university have similar bans. the consumer product safety commission is investigating at least 28 hover board fires in 19 states. my best friend bought one of those for christmas. >> we have one in my house. >> have you been on it? >> no, i don't plan to i just don't want to trip over it. >> one time is enough for me. >>> we're back with the app that can help you decide why your baby is crying. you can watch news4 midday anywhere. all you need is your smartphone or tablet. >> open the nbc washington app, hit watch live tv now. >>> right now hospital staff and officials are celeb

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some in the district haven't been retimed in 30 years. >> we're not widening our roadways anymore. so, you know, we have little capacity to push them out of traffic that we got. >> there are more than 1600 traffic signals in d.c. 200 signals will have new technology that allows buses to change the lights so they can keep moving. >>> a deadly new year's crash is now the focus of a federal investigation. the potential safety issue the ntsb is taking a closer look at. >>> and a lot of problems on the rails because of the weather this morning. we'll talk about our marc issues and our metro problems coming up. >>> a rough morning for commuters as we deal with windchills in the single digits. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is braving the elements for you. he has four things to know at 6:31. >>> angie goff at the live desk. for those of you taking marc trains, we know that train 890 and 892 are delayed for at least one hour. this is because of a frozen switch. we also know that crews are heading to the scene now to try to fix it. metro will honor tickets. follow on twitter for upd

they've retimed 60% of them to make traffic flow better. but not all signals are keeping your car in mind. what good is getting on the bus if the school bus in the same traffic as everyone else. buses are taking a lot of to focus of new technology. 200 signals being outfitted with technology that will allow the bus itself to change the light so that the bus can keep rolling. >> where ridership is particularly higher. >> reporter: he's a traffic signal manager with ddot. he explains why overall the retiming of lights is such a krit cat project if the district. >> we're not widening our roadways anymore, so we have little capacity to push the amount of traffic that we've got. >> reporter: and it matters. it matters for drivers. >> they have a lot to do. lights don't match. >> it matters for pedestrians. >> progressively over time it's been getting worse than better. >> signaling is about timing. >> i don't ride in the rush hour. i ride in the middle of the day. >> ddot hopes changing the lights on time helping out with all commuter. they shou

some traffic signals have been retimed as part of a project. it is difficult art form to manage the traffic and the pedestrians and cyclists across the city. some signals haven't been retime in 30 years. >> they have a lot of work to do. the lights aren't -- they don't match at all. >> adding to the problem, d.c. roads can't be widened anymore. there are nearly -- there are more than 1600 traffic signals in d.c. 200 signals will have new technology that allows buses to change the light so they can keep moving. >> after more than two decades, the trolley station beneath dupont circle will be open to the public again in april. the arts organization that took -- that took up part of that space is looking for budding artists to do something creative with hundreds of thousands of plastic balls. a project called reball. it is a design competition that will feature the balls in the newly opened space. you can go to the nbc washington app. we'll add all of the information you need to know about that competition. >>> you'll be hearing a lot about our nb

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caltranss from their highways safety improvement program you that is going to allow us to do a signal retiming of the entire grid both in soma and the tend erloin. this is an opportunity to look at traffic signals. >> what does it mean to adjust signal timing? >> that means we can look at entire streets and look at the progression of signals and looking at opportunities to slow the speed at which the signals allow traffic to pass through and allows us to look at pedestrian intervals at intersections where we haven't been able to because of congestion. but taking a network-wide approach to bring those into the signals. >> so allowing us to put more lead pedestrian intervals throughout these neighborhoods. i just have to say they make a huge difference on folsom and 7th, allowing pedestrians to cross before allowing cars to move in both direction and i notice that as both a driver and pedestrian. for an intersection like that, what is the process to get a lead pedestrian interval at the intersection? >> there is a few different ways that we implement them, but it comes down to intersections wher

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buses and golden gate buses and putting in a traffic signal prioritization for the vehicles and retiming the lights to prioritize north /south traffic. all of those things together will get us in addition to a new fleet of 60-foot motor coaches operating and trolley coaches operating on the corridor will get us something similar to a rail level's performance without the expense of having to actually lay down rail and regrade the roadway for rail as has to happen like on third street project. >> and thank you for the transit improvement goals which identify safety improvements, reliability improvements of up to 50% and mentions travel times improved by 30%. could you quantify in minutes how quickly people could get -- for example lombard to van ness or mission and van ness? >> under ideal conditions right now which are very rarely exist along van ness avenue it would take about 20 minutes to make that trip. it would cut that travel time between 13 and 14 minutes. under typical conditions and take 45 minutes or half-hour to do the distance and cut it down to 20 or 30 minutes to make the sa

caltranss from their highways safety improvement program you that is going to allow us to do a signal retiming of the entire grid both in soma and the tend erloin. this is an opportunity to look at traffic signals. >> what does it mean to adjust signal timing? >> that means we can look at entire streets and look at the progression of signals and looking at opportunities to slow the speed at which the signals allow traffic to pass through and allows us to look at pedestrian intervals at intersections where we haven't been able to because of congestion. but taking a network-wide approach to bring those into the signals. >> so allowing us to put more lead pedestrian intervals throughout these neighborhoods. i just have to say they make a huge difference on folsom and 7th, allowing pedestrians to cross before allowing cars to move in both direction and i notice that as both a driver and pedestrian. for an intersection like that, what is the process to get a lead pedestrian interval at the intersection? >> there is a few different ways that we implement them, but it comes down to intersections wher

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