The first red light in Da Lat. Why do young people argue?

With more than 128 years of development, Da Lat Dream City has finally installed the first traffic light system.

Da Lat has always been known as the city of “3 nos”: no red lights, no air conditioning, no cyclo. It is this sudden change that has caused mixed opinions that the installation of traffic lights in Da Lat is not necessary.
According to the plan, Da Lat will install 6 systems traffic lights At intersections with high traffic density, traffic jams often occur, and traffic jams occur in peak seasons.
Especially at the time when the epidemic is pushed back and Da Lat will reopen to welcome tourists, the installation of a traffic system is essential because the epidemic situation has just been controlled and prevented. Traffic congestion is a necessary measure right now.

City Traffic. Da Lat

6 routes with traffic lights in Da Lat

According to the local government, 6 intersections on roads will be installed with traffic lights, including: Hoang Van Thu - February 3 intersection; Hai Thuong intersection – February 3; Kim Cuc intersection (Tran Hung Dao – April 3, Tran Hung Dao, Ho Tung Mau, Khoi Nghia Bac Son, the way down to Lam Vien square); at the intersection of 5 University with sections: Dinh Tien Hoang, Tran Nhan Tong, Phu Dong Thien Vuong, Nguyen Cong Tru, Bui Thi Xuan; Tran Phu - Ba Trieu - Dao Duy Tu intersection; Hung Vuong - Tran Quy Cap intersection; Phan Chu Trinh - Lu Gia - Nguyen Dinh Chieu intersection.

The cost to complete this project is expected to be 142 billion VND, and will be completed and put into operation to improve traffic conditions in Da Lat by the end of 2021.

High-traffic route in Da Lat

The first traffic light pole in Da Lat

The first traffic signal - red light - green light was installed at the newly renovated large intersection Hoang Van Thu - Tran Phu - February 3 on last 5/10.
The traffic lights here seem to have been designed to suit the landscape and brand of Da Lat, with a different design from other traffic lights you've seen before.
The fact that the body of the lamp post is brown in color, combined with the steel plate above the signal light area, which is colored in yellow and green like a flower on the tree trunk, makes the lamp post very "beautiful", in harmony with the nature of the place. this.

Da Lat's first red and green light

Perhaps the leadership is also interested in the thought that tourists have set for the brand of Da Lat, so they have also designed it accordingly and not too prominently, it still has something very unique to the dream city. dream, but besides that, there are also many compliments about this design.

Da Lat's first red and green light

Hot debate about the issue

The incident may not be too important, but for those of you who love the image of Da Lat, this is a big event, leading to attracting a lot of young people to film and take photos to post on social networking sites. and created a "hot event" that was hotly discussed on the forums.
Pham Luc shared his regretful opinion: "In the past, Da Lat was a city of 3 no. No red light. No air conditioning. No cyclo. Today has completely changed.” Account Nguyen Tu also shares the same opinion and shared: "In my opinion, it should not be installed, because it has become a very famous feature of Da Lat already, and almost everyone who rides on Da Lat goes very well. Wait. Having a little traffic jam is not too worrisome because the air is cold, not hot like Saigon.

In contrast, Kim Luong Hoang's friend disagreed and shared his opinion: "Install it for safety, avoid traffic jams, nothing more. Every time it's time to get out of work, the shortcut is closed. No matter what rain or shine, the traffic police have to stand up to coordinate. Especially in the tourist season, oh well. People keep saying that they've lost this feature, why not think positively. What should develop market development. What needs to be preserved must still be preserved.”

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The installation of traffic signal lights for intersections at the roads of Da Lat city has been discussed many times over the past 10 years and there are many debates around this. Up to now, the traffic situation in Da Lat has changed a lot compared to the original plan from the French colonial period. Construction of green lights and red lights was officially approved in early 2021 when Mr. Tran Van Hiep, Chairman of Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee, approved and made a decision.

Installing traffic lights in Da Lat

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