r/medicinehat • u/Visual-Inflation-621 • 8d ago

What are these?

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I've seen a few of these things wired into street lamps in Crescent Heights. Any clue what they are?

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u/redindiaink 8d ago

It's a traffic counter.

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u/ExtendedRainbow 8d ago

Yep, pretty sure the City uses Miovision.

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u/KhausTO 8d ago

That looks like the traffic counting equipment the city uses to survey traffic patterns and counts. 

Here's an article from 2020, but the picture looks like that equipment. https://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2020/08/12/city-counting-traffic-of-all-kinds-at-base-of-scholten-hill/

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u/justcuriousaboutshit 7d ago

Yeah it’s miovision. I remember working at the city and having to manually count cars and pedestrians crossing streets from those videos.

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u/kevolad 6d ago

You're looking at an older Chev and an older Honda. As a licensed tech I will tell you the Civic is easily the smarter buy here

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u/Visual-Inflation-621 5d ago

Shut up

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u/kevolad 5d ago

No. Maybe offer some clarity in your question next time. Can't believe this annoyed you rotflmao 😆

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u/Quiet-Temporary-6666 4d ago

I for one appreciate your honesty about the situation. I think an older Honda is the safe choice in this matter. I think the OP might have had a bit of difficulty with the similarity of the colour of the vehicles in question.

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u/BeeQuiet83 3d ago

They must own a Chev

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u/kevolad 3d ago

Probably just bought that exact one lol

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u/meme_tenretni 7d ago

Where ever these goes traffic changes are comeing either pedestrian crossing upgrades no parking zones or even a stop light in the next few months.

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u/duckswithbanjos 7d ago

Oh, that's good to hear. I saw one a few months ago in a spot that should really have a light

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u/WizardofLloyd 7d ago

It doesn't necessarily mean changes that quickly. They count vehicle and pedestrian movements at intersections for years sometimes before the numbers of vehicles passing through, turning right or left, or pedestrians crossing warrant putting a traffic control device in. And, it takes time to redesign the intersection if it needs any changes before they are going to put in a traffic light. Source: I used to work in the engineering department in a small city and did this very job.

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u/meme_tenretni 7d ago

Thanks for the time frame correction

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u/WizardofLloyd 7d ago

You're welcome!

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u/Lonely-Choice-6349 8d ago

Could also be the airshed study ongoing. Measuring air quality across the city.

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u/Brok3nGear 8d ago

I have no idea. Any chance you can get a better photo?