April 20, 2005

A transformer fire in Chandler knocked out traffic lights on a 2-mile stretch of Alma School Road between Queen Creek and Chandler Heights Road on Tuesday.

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.

Vice Mayor Les Presmyk has a quick answer when asked the biggest reason that Gilbert is performing a study on the coordination timing of the town's 172 traffic signals.

Three new traffic signals will be in operation in Chandler within the upcoming months, said city spokesman Jim Phipps.

Get ready for some new traffic signals in Gilbert.

Chaparral Elementary School students can safely cross Higley Road now that a long-awaited traffic signal at Higley and Frye roads was turned on Wednesday afternoon, almost a year after the Higley Unified School District had requested it for student safety.

Nearly five hours after a power outage in Gilbert caused several traffic signal malfunctions Monday, four roadways were once again illuminated and safe for drivers, police said.

The traffic lights at a busy Scottsdale intersection were turned off for most of the day Thursday while city crews performed emergency repairs on them.

The driver of an 18-wheel tractor trailer knocked over a traffic signal pole and its utility box on Wednesday at the intersection of Granite Reef and Chaparral roads.

Queen Creek will activate a new traffic signal at the intersection of Ocotillo and Crismon roads on Tuesday.

A remote control device that instantly changes traffic lights from red to green would be a dream for any Valley driver, but that dream is turning into a reality for the Gilbert Police Department.

Queen Creek’s first permanent traffic signal was activated Wednesday, leading the way for seven more by the end of next year and marking a significant step toward relieving commuter headaches.

Queen Creek’s first permanent traffic signal was activated Wednesday, leading the way for seven more by the end of next year and marking a significant step toward relieving commuter headaches.

Frustrated over long waits at some southeast Gilbert intersections, the mayor and a councilman want the town to buy more temporary traffic signals and rely less on police officers to direct traffic.

Frustrated over long waits at some southeast Gilbert intersections, the mayor and a councilman want the town to buy more temporary traffic signals and rely less on police officers to direct traffic.

Four-way stop signs are no match for Gilbert’s growing amount of traffic. So police officers fill in at intersections in limbo — those that warrant a full traffic light but don’t yet have one.

Four-way stop signs are no match for Gilbert’s growing amount of traffic. So police officers fill in at intersections in limbo — those that warrant a full traffic light but don’t yet have one.

May 6, 2005

November 19, 2004

PHOENIX - Some Phoenix-area drivers now know what it feels like to commute while light-rail trains are moving and no police officers are around to show them what to do.