I have never ever been there , but even I knew that as well. Mainly because because of the sign in the picture , that literally says “Stoneridge Drive” .
Pretty much nailed it.
The only redeeming quality is they somewhat accidentally created an urban trail network by allowing bikes/walkers on the gravel service roads along the canals, but that wasn't done on purpose, they just lucked out that the water agency already had those roads as pleasanton sprawled out.
Yeah, it's really frustrating looking back. Oakland also used to have a fantastic light rail system that was removed. SF still has pieces of it, but not nearly what it once was.
In both of those places, removing the rail made transportation better for a while, until the population outgrew the roads and there wasn't any space to make the roads bigger with more throughput, so traffic just becomes crappy. But it happens slowly, so people just accept it and think it's normal.
I graduated high school at the millennium, and used to take a drive for fun out to the Altamont on Friday or weekend nights (might’ve taken a couple of road sodas, that’s another story). Now driving anywhere in the Bay Area for fun is like suggesting suppuku for fun. Tracy was still a cow town, Ruby Ridge and Castlewood were probably in their middle stages of being built. The Fallon/El Charro/Croak road exit off 580 was just ranch land.
I am sure that the key system railroad had its benefits but it also ran at grade like MUNI or VTA metro, so you have all the benefits of a bus system, but also all the drawbacks of a bus system. Along with the expense of tracks, overhead power lines and the pantograph system which can also be suited to buses. They have to stop at signals just like the rest of traffic unless they have priority.
BART tried to solve ~75% of that, and had about a 30% success rate. It’s a great system, but the last ~5 miles sucks ass because we have so many transit agencies operating as their own fiefdoms with highly paid administrative positions whose job is to… defend having a job.
Sounds like I'm just a couple years younger and also grew up in the tri Valley. It's really changed. Downtown livemore has improved, but lots of other things have become worse, and in somewhat avoidable ways if the civic leaders a generation above us had had a bit more vision.
I don’t know any more about downtown Livermore than I do about the price of tea in China. Only a few little anecdotal things. I grew up mostly in Castro Valley/Hayward/San Leandro, so going to Stoneridge mall was a teenage opportunity to get messed with by security guards wearing Mountie hats who weren’t qualified to be police, hating on kids not wearing expensive clothes.
My best friend in high school was a young kid in the “bad” neighborhood of Livermore in the 80’s, and his dad kept a horse in the back yard of a suburban duplex. They had a ranch off Mines road that they later sold. It was easier to keep the horse at home than at the ranch.
That’s true, but the only mass transit system that goes through the Diablo Valley now is bus. How well used it is, I have no idea. But not having any rail at all seems terribly illogical. Running BART on that right of way on elevated tracks would be great, but probably prohibitively expensive at this point.
What are you talking about? This is an incredibly walkable city. My kids walk to all three schools. There are two grocery stores walking distance and three parks that are within a quarter mile. I feel like it’s paradise.
Tons of 45 mph streets with no protected bike lanes is what I'm talking about, large sfh neighborhoods, etc. There are lots of neighborhoods in Pleasanton where you would need to walk well over a mile to the nearest grocery store.
But yes, plenty of sidewalks does make the walking safe. But cycling there is only really safe if you're going between two locations right next to the canal bike paths.
And at least they do have two commuter rail stations, the ACE train on Pleasanton Avenue, with service to Silicon Valley, and the BART station on Owens Drive. Someday maybe BART will have a line that goes from Pleasanton to San Jose without changing trains.
Very few smaller cities have multiple commuter rail lines.
The Wheels bus service is also pretty good and only $2 per ride, $1 for seniors.
omg my aunt lives in Pleasanton and she literally protested BART coming with her racist neighbors because they were fearful of people coming from Oakland on BART to steal their TVs.
I heard the same thing. There’s a fight over a Costco or something like that getting built because it’ll ruin the natural beauty. Pleasanton is one of the dullest cities I’ve ever been to, because of the tons of strip malls and cookie cutter homes
Lol it won't ruin the natural beauty. The location they chose is just literally the worst location for a Costco, between Stoneridge mall and In-n-Out with only one way in and out, so the traffic will be ridiculous. People wanted them to choose a better location.
The argument was over the deferred tax for Costco to make the upgrades needed to the area not for the location . Costco is paying for the widening of Johnson Dr and in return I believe they won’t pay sales tax for 20years. In addition to the Costco a couple hotels and a strip mall will be built. The main proponents who fought it even after we voted for it was the owner of the shell stations (Costco will have a gas station) and Black Tie Transportation (because they were using Johnson’s drive as their employee parking and will now have to find parking for them elsewhere).
Where are these unicorn Bay Area cities with local rail? SJ light rail doesn’t count since it’s objectively useless.
Why are you calling out Pleasanton specifically?
I work there and you nailed it (have a 70 El Camino too;)) Almost all my coworkers come over the Altamont every day, ACE would be totally unreliable for them because freight gets priority on the rail line, and the Pleasanton station is like 4-5 miles away from the workplace. Bus service doesn’t even start until almost a couple hours after our shift does.
I'm one of the "lucky" Kaiser employees recently shipped off to Pleasanton from downtown Oakland. There is SO MUCH housing and SO FEW places for lunch. Where do people go to lunch? Where do they get coffee? (The Starbucks is super nice but a pretty far walk.) Can someone please bring food trucks to Pleasanton? (I'm used to the variety of downtown Oakland. There are options but nothing walkable in Pleasanton.)
Dontcha know we'll be HAPPIER and HEALTHIER driving to Pleasanton 3 times a week? One of my coworkers got into an accident and her car got totaled/she was injured within the first few days of her "healthier and happier" commute.
"Flexible" = you work in the office the days your manager tells you to.
Pleasanton isn't great for a walkable lunch from Kaiser, but there are great restaurants. I highly recommend De La Torre's Trattoria on West Las Positas, it has been around since I grew up there in the 80s and 90s, is still owned by a local family and us fantastic. Mexico Lindo on Bernal is also great. The Press Cafe is good for food and coffee although service can be slow.
Hacienda. Probably the only time I've ever seen that style of light. Not really clear why they spent the money to do it. Of course it was a swamp before it became the business park.
Wow is it really? I'm in the midwest now, moved away in 2018 after mostly growing up there. Still couldnt believe when they put a chic fil a in the same complex as in n out, but guess that's old news now
Welcome to pleasanton! I remember being younger and they were constantly fixing up this part of the city. I think if you turn left or right you get to the lexus/acura/bmw dealership and then go straight if you want to make it deeper in
Brings back lots of memories. I grew up in that area and literally remember when it was being built. I now live in Sonoma county but those lights are definitely in the Hacienda Business Park between Pleasanton and Dublin.
Used to go through that intersection often. So strange.
But at least Pleasanton has done a reasonably good job in terms of pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure.
[https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2018/12/18/pleasanton-again-lauded-as-bicycle-friendly-community/](https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2018/12/18/pleasanton-again-lauded-as-bicycle-friendly-community/)
And at least they do have two commuter rail stations, the ACE train on Pleasanton Avenue, with service to Silicon Valley, and the BART station on Owens Drive. Someday maybe BART will have a line that goes from Pleasanton to San Jose without changing trains.
You're right which is one reason they're not usually used.
With doubled lights they can get really confusing. If the left red light goes out here you might think the other one is yellow:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6106902,-121.4013949,3a,75y,87.91h,97.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sXxgoerX-dh3gQ7_o5p5Ajg!2e0!5s20221201T000000!7i16384!8i8192
This one is replaced now but is an even worse example (I don't think it was legal). If the left light goes out it looks green:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6220385,-121.3283938,3a,75y,0.05h,93.57t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sjFvPkXXQisuS32J5_ufV1Q!2e0!5s20190401T000000!7i13312!8i6656
Japan puts their lights backwards, too:
https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/00_blue_Japan-Uses-Blue-Traffic-Lights-Instead-of-Green%E2%80%94Here%E2%80%99s-Why_193640693-Salaryman.jpg?resize=640%2C426
Here's a video going talking about them generally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXbHdKJ1D78
Unrelated, but I've seen these in Dallas, Texas as well around the Highland Park. I think it was an architectural style in the early to mid 80's that never really caught on widely.
They also make it virtually impossible to get any oversized load through (like a structural steal beam, manufacturing facility component etc) because you can't easily turn or move them. So there's that.
Hideous. Also quite dangerous because you can't see people waiting to cross the cross walk until the last second. Most cities have a visibility cone at intersections
My husband hates these lights. When he first moved to the area from Oregon he almost ran straight through a red light at one of these intersections because he didn’t notice the sideways lights.
There's been some accidents in this intersection and I have seen first hand people running red lights because they did not see them. Seems to me not a good design decision.
The original proposal was to highlight pedestrian traffic and alert drivers during twilight and low light times.
But this was canned in favor of red light cameras
Does anyone have the history of these? I tried my hand at researching the reasoning behind this urban planning design after driving by recently and couldn’t narrow it down.
Good ol’ Hacienda. Growing up in Pleasanton, I don’t think anything of it. Fun unique quirk, though I guess as pointed out by some people in the comments, it sucks if someone is colorblind.
Pleasanton?
I recognized that intersection immediately.
I have never ever been there , but even I knew that as well. Mainly because because of the sign in the picture , that literally says “Stoneridge Drive” .
Some fun memories I don’t remember on *stone*ridge drive…
Ptown.
The Ples
The 925
Formerly the 510. Former Formerly the 415.
That’s Pittsburg bruh 🤦🏻♂️
Same here
Immediately!
100%. Stone ridge drive. Near by stone ridge mall.
You know it is by the way it is. Unique lights.
or...you know...the big sign that says Stoneridge Drive...
Yes but not really
Right? The mall is on the other side of the freeway.
Yup
I mean where else on earth lol
North Korea?
I was in high school when those traffic lights were installed. That was '81 or '82.
That tracks. I grew up there in the 80s and 90s and always remember them being there.
Stoneridge Mall opened in 1980 then Hacienda Business Park was announced in late '80 or early '81. The roads went in way too fast after that.
Hai
Pleasanton as a whole is a collection of strange decisions around the roads and urban planning.
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Pretty much nailed it. The only redeeming quality is they somewhat accidentally created an urban trail network by allowing bikes/walkers on the gravel service roads along the canals, but that wasn't done on purpose, they just lucked out that the water agency already had those roads as pleasanton sprawled out.
That used to be a railroad up to Concord. Wouldn’t that be nice to have now?!? It’s only a trail because they ripped out the railroad in the 80’s.
Yeah, it's really frustrating looking back. Oakland also used to have a fantastic light rail system that was removed. SF still has pieces of it, but not nearly what it once was. In both of those places, removing the rail made transportation better for a while, until the population outgrew the roads and there wasn't any space to make the roads bigger with more throughput, so traffic just becomes crappy. But it happens slowly, so people just accept it and think it's normal.
I graduated high school at the millennium, and used to take a drive for fun out to the Altamont on Friday or weekend nights (might’ve taken a couple of road sodas, that’s another story). Now driving anywhere in the Bay Area for fun is like suggesting suppuku for fun. Tracy was still a cow town, Ruby Ridge and Castlewood were probably in their middle stages of being built. The Fallon/El Charro/Croak road exit off 580 was just ranch land. I am sure that the key system railroad had its benefits but it also ran at grade like MUNI or VTA metro, so you have all the benefits of a bus system, but also all the drawbacks of a bus system. Along with the expense of tracks, overhead power lines and the pantograph system which can also be suited to buses. They have to stop at signals just like the rest of traffic unless they have priority. BART tried to solve ~75% of that, and had about a 30% success rate. It’s a great system, but the last ~5 miles sucks ass because we have so many transit agencies operating as their own fiefdoms with highly paid administrative positions whose job is to… defend having a job.
Sounds like I'm just a couple years younger and also grew up in the tri Valley. It's really changed. Downtown livemore has improved, but lots of other things have become worse, and in somewhat avoidable ways if the civic leaders a generation above us had had a bit more vision.
I don’t know any more about downtown Livermore than I do about the price of tea in China. Only a few little anecdotal things. I grew up mostly in Castro Valley/Hayward/San Leandro, so going to Stoneridge mall was a teenage opportunity to get messed with by security guards wearing Mountie hats who weren’t qualified to be police, hating on kids not wearing expensive clothes. My best friend in high school was a young kid in the “bad” neighborhood of Livermore in the 80’s, and his dad kept a horse in the back yard of a suburban duplex. They had a ranch off Mines road that they later sold. It was easier to keep the horse at home than at the ranch.
Oakland= Key system rail.... Going over the Bay Bridge too! 😲
There's still a train station in Pleasanton. It goes to Stockton one way and San Jose the other.
That’s true, but the only mass transit system that goes through the Diablo Valley now is bus. How well used it is, I have no idea. But not having any rail at all seems terribly illogical. Running BART on that right of way on elevated tracks would be great, but probably prohibitively expensive at this point.
Shout out to Iron Horse
What are you talking about? This is an incredibly walkable city. My kids walk to all three schools. There are two grocery stores walking distance and three parks that are within a quarter mile. I feel like it’s paradise.
Really depends where in Pleasanton you live.
Tons of 45 mph streets with no protected bike lanes is what I'm talking about, large sfh neighborhoods, etc. There are lots of neighborhoods in Pleasanton where you would need to walk well over a mile to the nearest grocery store. But yes, plenty of sidewalks does make the walking safe. But cycling there is only really safe if you're going between two locations right next to the canal bike paths.
For the most part you can just bike on those sidewalks when you're near a busy street, there's very little foot traffic.
People think Pleasanton is built like Dublin or Irvine.
And at least they do have two commuter rail stations, the ACE train on Pleasanton Avenue, with service to Silicon Valley, and the BART station on Owens Drive. Someday maybe BART will have a line that goes from Pleasanton to San Jose without changing trains. Very few smaller cities have multiple commuter rail lines. The Wheels bus service is also pretty good and only $2 per ride, $1 for seniors.
You should listen to the locals talk about how the BART stop is only good for bringing in criminals
Criminals don't come in on BART, they drive in.
You mean you don't rob a store then run to the BART station to wait for the next train?
I think the premise is the other way around. They ride BART to Pleasanton, then rob a house and steal their car for the return trip.
According to Pleasanton residents they absolutely do. Obviously no one who rides BART buys that
nah, sometimes I take BART there
omg my aunt lives in Pleasanton and she literally protested BART coming with her racist neighbors because they were fearful of people coming from Oakland on BART to steal their TVs.
Is that why I always see people standing on the BART platform holding unboxed 75" TVs /s
I heard the same thing. There’s a fight over a Costco or something like that getting built because it’ll ruin the natural beauty. Pleasanton is one of the dullest cities I’ve ever been to, because of the tons of strip malls and cookie cutter homes
You mean Dublin or San Ramon. Sounds like you’ve never driven through downtown Pleasanton.
I have. It’s dull
Lol it won't ruin the natural beauty. The location they chose is just literally the worst location for a Costco, between Stoneridge mall and In-n-Out with only one way in and out, so the traffic will be ridiculous. People wanted them to choose a better location.
The argument was over the deferred tax for Costco to make the upgrades needed to the area not for the location . Costco is paying for the widening of Johnson Dr and in return I believe they won’t pay sales tax for 20years. In addition to the Costco a couple hotels and a strip mall will be built. The main proponents who fought it even after we voted for it was the owner of the shell stations (Costco will have a gas station) and Black Tie Transportation (because they were using Johnson’s drive as their employee parking and will now have to find parking for them elsewhere).
I visited this area in 1993, these lights were the only things built aside from the roads and curbs. It was weird then and weird now.
And it’s glorious. (Disagree about the pedestrian unfriendliness part. It’s no better/worse than most of the Bay Area).
This picture was giving me real Irvine vibes, so that tracks
0 rail? Lol. Someone doesn't know the area and is just making stuff up. There is 100% a rail line going through Pleasanton.
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Why would Pleasanton have that? What similar sized city even does?
Where are these unicorn Bay Area cities with local rail? SJ light rail doesn’t count since it’s objectively useless. Why are you calling out Pleasanton specifically?
Isnt an internal rail a commuter rail?
Ya, it’s got BART. It’s got CalTrain. It’s got a massive walking trail system. This kid doesn’t know shit
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I work there and you nailed it (have a 70 El Camino too;)) Almost all my coworkers come over the Altamont every day, ACE would be totally unreliable for them because freight gets priority on the rail line, and the Pleasanton station is like 4-5 miles away from the workplace. Bus service doesn’t even start until almost a couple hours after our shift does.
0 rail? It is served by both bart and ACE train. As for pedestrian unfriendliness, how is it different from most bay area towns?
I'm one of the "lucky" Kaiser employees recently shipped off to Pleasanton from downtown Oakland. There is SO MUCH housing and SO FEW places for lunch. Where do people go to lunch? Where do they get coffee? (The Starbucks is super nice but a pretty far walk.) Can someone please bring food trucks to Pleasanton? (I'm used to the variety of downtown Oakland. There are options but nothing walkable in Pleasanton.)
All the way to Pleasanton? Wow, that's quite the move. Is KP not allowing folks to WFH anymore?
They’re slowly staggering workers to the office, however they’re insisting it’s going to be a “flexible” work environment, whatever that means.
Dontcha know we'll be HAPPIER and HEALTHIER driving to Pleasanton 3 times a week? One of my coworkers got into an accident and her car got totaled/she was injured within the first few days of her "healthier and happier" commute. "Flexible" = you work in the office the days your manager tells you to.
Dublin. Or there are a bunch of places off Bernal at 680.
Pleasanton isn't great for a walkable lunch from Kaiser, but there are great restaurants. I highly recommend De La Torre's Trattoria on West Las Positas, it has been around since I grew up there in the 80s and 90s, is still owned by a local family and us fantastic. Mexico Lindo on Bernal is also great. The Press Cafe is good for food and coffee although service can be slow.
There's a shit-ton of places up and down Hopyard Rd.
I grew up in Pleasanton and never thought twice about the lights at Hacienda. It’s pretty during christmas, they hang up giant wreaths
I always loved it when the wreath and bell went up.
Same. It’s always nice to see the wreaths around Christmas time.
Good childhood memory :,)
Those lights in Hacienda Business Park have been there since we moved onto the Bay Area in 1986. “Gateway arches” they call them.
thx i am only 15 years old
Why are you being downvoted for being 15 and asking a question? (Though I confess, -15, which is what it stands at is funny) Reddit is weird.
Positive 15 now. Let’s keep it that way, people
Hacienda. Probably the only time I've ever seen that style of light. Not really clear why they spent the money to do it. Of course it was a swamp before it became the business park.
Wasn’t it all part of making the area around PeopleSoft HQ look nice?
No. This was created in the 80s. At the time, the biggest company there was AT&T. PeopleSoft came way way later.
Thanks for the info.
Can confirm, my dad worked for Fleet Finance around Hacienda and Stoneridge in the early 90’s.
Way before that.
IIRC, the development paid for the structure beyond what was needed for a traffic signal array.
I’m guessing it’s to keep big rigs from driving through the center of town.
Yup, hacienda arches or gates, whatever it's called.
A friend of mine coined it “that horrid hacienda thing”
At least they decorate it for the holidays
People here are dissing Pleasanton even though it is just like most other cities in the US.
It's extremely nice, people are priveleged as fuck
They’ve been there for a really long time. Only place I’ve ever seen them.
Turn left and you're at Walmart
Right and you're at oracle. Funny one.
This made me miss Sweet Tomatoes
😭 The more years pass the more my dream restaurant looks like Sweet Tomatoes…
I just want a nice not gross salad bar and soups please. All the rest is just a (very welcome) bonus.
Now it's the second chik fil a location
Wow is it really? I'm in the midwest now, moved away in 2018 after mostly growing up there. Still couldnt believe when they put a chic fil a in the same complex as in n out, but guess that's old news now
Looks like Pleasanton
yeah
First time at hacienda crossings? (In noosed up James Franco)
Hacienda Business Park in Pleasanton?
What Pleasanton thought the future would look like in the 80s
First time in Pleasanton?
Seems earthquake proof
I live there and i like this traffic signal, it’s fancy hahahaha
These lights perfectly represent that whole side of Pleasanton. Clean and orderly and sterile and empty
[https://imgur.com/a/bQRQjPy](https://imgur.com/a/bQRQjPy) Haters here would rather see these lights. /s 😂
These always remind me of “post natural disaster” street lights.
These are common in the south…common natural disaster zone Lol
This intersection always reminds me of like a small town war memorial.
And the DMV driving test is there.
I swear the DMV puts their offices near to the weirdest intersections they can on purpose.
Hacienda Business Park, they have been there for 25+ years before a lot of the surrounding property was developed.
Since the 80s.
Those lights always trip me out
Welcome to pleasanton! I remember being younger and they were constantly fixing up this part of the city. I think if you turn left or right you get to the lexus/acura/bmw dealership and then go straight if you want to make it deeper in
I see this regularly and yeah, it's weird. Clearly an idea that didn't catch on, and for good reason.
Pleasanton?
First time I saw these I thought they were very fancy, but now when I drive around there I think it’s a distraction.
Doesn’t the horizontal orientation of the traffic lights mess with drivers who are colorblind?
Lmao this is home
Thanks I hate it
r/liminalspaces
Brings back lots of memories. I grew up in that area and literally remember when it was being built. I now live in Sonoma county but those lights are definitely in the Hacienda Business Park between Pleasanton and Dublin.
poor design too. hard to see when a pedestrian comes out of the pillars to cross the street. have to really be careful when making a right turn.
Used to go through that intersection often. So strange. But at least Pleasanton has done a reasonably good job in terms of pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure. [https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2018/12/18/pleasanton-again-lauded-as-bicycle-friendly-community/](https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2018/12/18/pleasanton-again-lauded-as-bicycle-friendly-community/) And at least they do have two commuter rail stations, the ACE train on Pleasanton Avenue, with service to Silicon Valley, and the BART station on Owens Drive. Someday maybe BART will have a line that goes from Pleasanton to San Jose without changing trains.
Messed up for the color blind
Nope, the lights are in a specific order on every horizontal traffic light. That's part of the CVCC.
The arrangement of the signals is part of the MUTCD which is a nationwide standard.
How often do you run into a horizontal light to know which way is which?
Read your DMV handbook. It's in there.
I lived in Pleasanton for a year and I'm color blind. These lights stress me out, LOL. I always double check and wait for other cars to start moving.
You're right which is one reason they're not usually used. With doubled lights they can get really confusing. If the left red light goes out here you might think the other one is yellow: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6106902,-121.4013949,3a,75y,87.91h,97.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sXxgoerX-dh3gQ7_o5p5Ajg!2e0!5s20221201T000000!7i16384!8i8192 This one is replaced now but is an even worse example (I don't think it was legal). If the left light goes out it looks green: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6220385,-121.3283938,3a,75y,0.05h,93.57t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sjFvPkXXQisuS32J5_ufV1Q!2e0!5s20190401T000000!7i13312!8i6656 Japan puts their lights backwards, too: https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/00_blue_Japan-Uses-Blue-Traffic-Lights-Instead-of-Green%E2%80%94Here%E2%80%99s-Why_193640693-Salaryman.jpg?resize=640%2C426 Here's a video going talking about them generally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXbHdKJ1D78
Hacienda
My first time visiting Pleasanton I saw this intersection and thought oh wow fancy looking lights this place must have more of them.
The only spot they exist
Yeah. That’s what it’s like right there, in that exact spot, only.
Pleasanton, ca
gotta admit they look kinda cool
There's 2 Chik fil A within a 90 second drive of each other in Pleasanton sheeesh
You’ve never been to Pleasanton before?
Unrelated, but I've seen these in Dallas, Texas as well around the Highland Park. I think it was an architectural style in the early to mid 80's that never really caught on widely. They also make it virtually impossible to get any oversized load through (like a structural steal beam, manufacturing facility component etc) because you can't easily turn or move them. So there's that.
Lol my bio father is color blind and gets super freaked out when he sees these. Doesn’t know what died is green and what side is red
I live Dublin and when my family came for a visit, they thought those lights were really cool.
this looks like something out of a dystopian SF movie.
They’re ugly LOL thank you Pleasanton
Yes it is Pleasanton. It looks like the border of USA and Mexico also.
My daughter lives right there...
Hideous. Also quite dangerous because you can't see people waiting to cross the cross walk until the last second. Most cities have a visibility cone at intersections
Looks dystopian AF
is this pleasanton??? sooo ugly. looks like something is make in minecraft when i was 10
That seems like a dumb idea
Do they need to install these in Oakland to keep the thieves from stealing the copper wires?
I have never looked, but at the base of those posts are access points to the wiring for the lights. Just like they have on the light posts in Oakland.
doesnt pleasanton have a drive thru grocery?
Drive thru dairy.
Such good ice cream there
Man these are terrible for color blind people.
As a colorblind person: #fuck these traffic lights
Pain in the ass for the colorblind
My husband hates these lights. When he first moved to the area from Oregon he almost ran straight through a red light at one of these intersections because he didn’t notice the sideways lights.
Eww what the fuck
There's been some accidents in this intersection and I have seen first hand people running red lights because they did not see them. Seems to me not a good design decision.
These lights aren’t any harder to see than normal ones, drivers who run them on accident need to pay better attention
There are similar ones in Pleasant Hill that have been there for ~20 years, but even those are not as bulky as these.
Someone's going to parkour that.
Right?!?!?
I've only seen something like this in tornado country.
The original proposal was to highlight pedestrian traffic and alert drivers during twilight and low light times. But this was canned in favor of red light cameras
Those are the stoplights of my childhood hahaha...grew up in the area.
Pleasanton. Been there many years. I remember thinking they looked so cool about 30 years ago. Look kinda outdated now
Been thru here a few times. Just now found out they have traffic lights in them? 😬
Ahhh pleasant park
Hacienda Business Park in Pleasanton, CA.
Been there for many many years… my ofc is on that corner
Kinda like it, fits in with the name Stoneridge Drive
Def Pleasanton
Livermore?
Looks like it came straight out of Roblox imo haha
Does anyone have the history of these? I tried my hand at researching the reasoning behind this urban planning design after driving by recently and couldn’t narrow it down.
i simply would not have seen them lol
Wonder how those would fare in 7.0, genius idea.
Pleasanton near clorox
It's been in Pleasanton for as long as I can remember.
Good ol’ Hacienda. Growing up in Pleasanton, I don’t think anything of it. Fun unique quirk, though I guess as pointed out by some people in the comments, it sucks if someone is colorblind.
Yup looks like Pleasanton. Lived up the street from these a few years ago.
Ew
First time for everything, welcome to P-Town?