Few issues
I see a few issues, one being speed control which I think could better be handled by speed cameras set with maybe a 5 mph buffer (e.g. 35 in 30 ok, 36 ticket), which is a lower setting than usual. Nothing slows people down like tickets in a state with high auto insurance rates!! The second issue is traffic control for carts/bike, and while the gates help somewhat throttle the flow, they're far from enough. For example, any busy evening trying to cross Meg at Sawgrass can be difficult because the traffic going through the two proxy gates going south and the 2 trip gates going north leave them mostly open one direction or another preventing safe crossing. At the busy crossings put in a "Walk" button to freeze the gates closed for carts/walkers/bikes for X-seconds would be better, since they would work like other street crossings that have buttons.
Lastly, transponders would be a much better solution so Emergency Vehicles could just have the gates open as they approach, and the same for the rest of us for the gates where the proxy card reader is less sensitive or when it's raining.
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