BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham has been awarded more than $8.3 million to improve traffic signals and pedestrian safety at 256 intersections, Mayor Randall Woodfin said in a social media post.
The plans include synchronizing traffic lights, adding countdown signals and audible crossing cues, and giving pedestrians a head start at 100 intersections before turning traffic gets a green light.
Eric Moore, a Birmingham resident, said he has waited at an intersection near the CrossPlex while several other lights changed…