Robert Casteel of Lynnwood travels south on North Road a couple times each week and had become frustrated by the timing on the light at 164th Street SW.
“The light cycle is way too short,” he wrote to tell me in late November. “No matter how quickly I react the light will allow no more than two cars, sometimes only one. It is quite frustrating being third in line and knowing I won’t be able to get through the light. Can this cycle be adjusted?”
Yes, it can. And yes, they did.
“I see what Robert is talking about,” said Jim Bloodgood, Snohomish County traffic engineer, when forwarded the question. “Timing changes have been made and he and other users should see improved operations for the southbound movement. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.”
In a follow-up, Casteel said he noticed the changes the last time he drove through the intersection. “The light clearly worked better.”
Awesome.
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