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Re:The walk signs in Crystal City, VA are just repeating “C... by thesh4d0w on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:06PM (#30677525)
Cities do all sorts of syncing / timing of lights in order to optimize traffic patterns, to do that they need a network connection.
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Re:The walk signs in Crystal City, VA are just repeating “C... by pessimizer on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:23PM (#30677765)
Makes sense, but I'm replying to a comment that wondered if the assumption that the lights were actually networked was a good one. I thought it was, because they all went out at the same time.
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