Spinoff from Downtown Traffic Light Sequence Issue

MosesHallDeadPot94

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Anybody else care to chime in on how screwed up the light sequence is around town?
Westheimer from say Voss towards Beltway 8 is egregious.
Many of the important feeder roads have green lights lasting for less than 30 seconds.

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In reply to MosesHallDeadPot94 • 11:16a, 2/1/24

AG

Perhaps I'm a conspiracy theorist. However, when the government receives fuel taxes based on gallons of fuel sold, do they not have an incentive to make the traffic as inefficient as possible?

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11:48a, 2/1/24

AG

According to my sources, or first relevant search result, there are:

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-78,372 intersections in the city of Houston. Of these, 2,286 are traffic light-controlled intersections, 18,882 are stop sign-controlled intersections, and 57,204 are noncontrolled

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Three-types-of-intersections-in-the-city-of-Houston_fig2_326826351

That's from 2017. I'm not sure the technology exists for perfect synching, outside of select, compact segments.