Cement mixer takes out power lines in Roslindale; driver stuck in truck

First, I will correct you sort of, or at least clarify for the non-Roslindale folk here. When one has the green light/white guy signal, the it is the turning traffic that has the green light, so it is like a lot of downtown intersections.

Now, you, of all people, can correct me if I'm wrong, but "back in the day" (say the 1990s) the cycle was green on Washington followed by green for South/Firth, allowing for an all red cycle for the pedestrians if the button was pushed. They split South and Firth into 2 cycles at one point. They still had the all red option, which meant Washington Street traffic was stopped that much longer. This was the time when I started walking from Forest Hills, which has been great exercise, but at the time it also got me home in good time, since the traffic was backed up for at least a half mile (remember, it's a mile from Forest Hills to Firth Road) every evening. The solution was to get rid of the all red light and give pedestrians a sense of security by putting the walk sign on. Was it safer? Well, this is when I let the car haters vent, since rarely does a car stop making that right turn with a green light.

You fix it for the walkers, you make Washington Street traffic worse. You keep it as is, there's a danger for the people getting off the bus at the gas station. But if walking is faster than the bus, there will be less people crossing the street.

NEC 230: (National Electrical Code )
(B) Clearances. Overhead conductor spans for system not over 600V must maintain the following clearances: Figure 230-11 230-24B.cdr

(1) 10 ft at the electric service entrance to buildings, at the lowest point of the drip loop of the building electric entrance, above finished grade, sidewalks, or platform or projection from which they might be accessible to pedestrians, where the voltage is not in excess of 150V to ground.
(2) 12 ft above residential property and driveways, and those commercial areas not subject to truck traffic, where the voltage does not exceed 300V to ground.
(3) 15 ft above those areas listed in the 12 ft classification, where the voltage exceeds 300V to ground.
(4) 18 ft over public streets, alleys, roads, parking areas subject to truck traffic, driveways on other than residential property, and other areas traversed by vehicles such as cultivated, grazing, forest, and orchard. Department of Transportation (DOT) type right of ways in rural areas are many times used by slow-moving and tall farming machinery to avoid impeding traffic flow.

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