Preliminary results of a study into the effectiveness of the timing of Gilbert’s 172 stop lights showed improvement to the flow and safety of traffic.
The town has seen a 25 percent overall reduction in drivers being stopped at lights during peak hours, which means drivers have a 25 percent decrease in the chance of being stopped at a traffic light. It also shows a 30 percent overall decrease in the traffic delay during peak hours.
Both figures are expected to translate into safer and smoother driving conditions, town officials believe.
Fuel consumption is calculated to have dropped by 5 percent, despite the drive distance remaining the same.
The project was funded by a $500,000 federal grant, and provides the town with a computer simulation model for current and future use.
cjmnews posted at 7:50 am on Mon, Dec 6, 2010.
Now if they would get rid of that silly 25MPH zone in the middle of town, they could improve traffic even more. It's funny that you can go faster on a residential road 1/2 mile to the east of downtown, than you can on the wider and better signaled road.
We just want to get through Gilbert, we don't need to be forced to crawl through downtown to see the city council dream of being Scottsdale.