Mayor cites more congestion-reducing success
Traffic light synchronization is reducing commute times, according to Mayor White:
Houston Mayor Bill White today announced the completion of the first phase of a $3.5 million program to synchronize more than 2,000 traffic lights across the city designed to improve traffic flow.
"This has been one of the most significant and effective things we've been able to do to improve Houstonians' lives," White said. "We've cut commuting times by as much as 20 percent in some corridors and that is valuable time we're happy to see returned to our citizens."
This is becoming a familiar refrain from the mayor. We would like to see the study that determined there was a 20 percent cut in commute times.
And, let's not forget that downtown traffic lights are synchronized to benefit the light rail trains, not cars.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 01/07/05 09:16 AM | Houston Transit | Print | Comments (7)
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