pyze-guy

None, they don't have very many here in India.

PaulH

I counted 11 on my 5 mile (9 km) ride in this morning.

Paul

darkmother

I'll see if I get this right, from memory there are 22 lights in my 10 mile commute. I'll count em on the wa home. (That's a lot of lights!)

Paul L.

I used to cruise across Mesa and Tempe but work in Chandler now at Chandler Blvd and the I-10. 25 miles one way starting at power and broadway in mesa. I take power down to guadalupe then south on Lindsay and the rest is on Chandler/Williams field. If you know a secret route (maybe like the stonecutters secret tunnel from the simpsons) I would be deeply in your debt! So far the best I have been able to do is switch from using cooper/stapley as a crossover to Lindsay. Lindsay has less traffic lights as it is more rural.

I used to use Broadway all the way when I was in a real rush. Didn't like it but man could I get to work fast when I took it (18 mile commute in 48 minutes). I could time the lights in Tempe. I avoid southern at all costs. Broadway isn't too bad through Mesa. I really liked using the 8th street/Rio Salado Parkway to bypass ASU but that was out of my way even then. I use it when my daughter and I go to the zoo with the trail-a-bike though.

noisebeam

How is crossing under the 101 on Chandler during rush hour? I've ridden under there a few times to get to a Dr. appt. and had to fight to get a space to take the lane.
I live off of Southern so unfortunately have to ride it to go east or west - parts are OK but some sections have very narrow curbside lanes. There was one time around rush hour I headed from my neighborhood to make a right turn onto Southern. So I wanted to ride on the road and just simply couldn't even get on the road cause traffic was 45mph bumper to bumper. The sidewalk was closed for construction (I would have ridden as last resort) and after standing there waiting for a break in traffic to make a right I headed back home and got in my car. The city widened the sidewalk many years back, they should have widened the curb lane instead.

Al

dgk

Hi, I'm new here. I must hit 40 or 50 at least. I run any that won't inconvenience someone else, or get me killed. I commute 12 miles from Queens NY into Manhattan. If I waited for them it would take at least another half hour.

noisebeam

One of the reasons I don't run red lights is because every ride for me is a race and as soon as I start to break 'rules' then I will continue to need to break those rules in order to compete with myself. Then once I am in the mind frame that I need to break those rules to do better than before I will end up taking more risks and put myself at more danger.

Al

billh

Never counted, let me think . . . 10 one way. I stop at each one, if it's red. However, there are many more stop SIGNS, some of which I treat like yield signs.

Paul L.

I can usually get up to the light without too much of a problem which is always red. After that I just slowly carve out my space as I approach the underpass across the intersection. Cars either slow down behind me or squeeze by if they are smaller vehicles. Wish they would continue bikelanes under the freeways but they don't for some reason. So far noone has given me a problem. I have noticed that I do get a lot more cat calls and other juvenile absurdity in Chandler and Gilbert than I did in Mesa and Tempe. Seems like there are more kids driving cars in those communities too, probably a connection.

madhouse

13 miles one-way, 1 yield and 2 stop signs. In 6 months of part time commuting I actually stopped and put my foot down once!

I made it to work one morning to realize I hadn't used my brakes the entire ride as they were still covered with road grit from the rain the night before.

"The joys of country living"... Indeed!

skord

It's 5 miles if I take the back way, 5 if I take the normal way. Two lights the back way, 6 the normal way. So, i guess, as you can figure, the back way is now the normal way.

Gojohnnygo.

This is not fair at all! Does cutting thur a stop sign to the right count at 3:00 am, as a red light? I'm just a country boy!

Gojohnnygo.

I couldn't agree with you more! The peace and quite of the forest!

LittleBigMan

31? (Depends.)

ollo_ollo

4 mile commute, 8 lights but one of them is always set to flashing yellow on my morning commute. Also it is very rare to hit every light red (or green) usually end up stopping for 2 or 3 reds on an average commute. I always stop on red. The signal on Lilly road only stays green long enough for me to get 1/2 way across the intersection if there is only myself or myself plus a single car waiting at red. The light turns yellow before a car can even get through the signal & if I don't accelerate quickly it is hard to clear the intersection before signal goes back to red again. Thanks df, been meaning to write the city about this. Don

Rogerinchrist

Zero.

On the home end of the commute I'd hafta go about a mile longer to hit a light, on the work end I'd have to go clear over to the next town to find a light.

Small Towns USA.

jimhens714

Let's see:

Straight commute:
7.2 miles one way
2 stop signs
17 traffic lights

Extended commute:
14 miles one way
3 stop signs
22 traffic lights

About 4 of the lights default green to my direction so they aren't red unless tripped from opposing direction. One of the lights senses my steel bike frame and changes for me (left turn). The rest handle a lot of traffic so they cycle red/green regularly.

VermontRides

13 miles, one way, no lights, 2 stop signs which I only come to a complete put down the foot stop at if there is traffic (about once a month, more often in the winter, ski resort area), depending on road conditions and traffic I may only use my brakes as I turn into work (or into my yard), or sometimes they are engaged for 4 to 5 miles (my route has little flat - it's either up or down).

Jessica

4 if i use lite rail, [which i usually do], I don't know how many when I ride the full 16 miles home... lots... but I obey them unless they are T shaped intersections... if I am on the top of the T, I just look and roll thru.[no way i can delay anyone, and if they hit me they are driving on the sidewalk]

noisebeam

I sometimes do this to in the same situation, but - I know I certainly get a good enough look to see a car coming, but I wonder if I would notice another cyclist who may be somewhat close to the curb. Well I don't wonder too much, I am aware of this and think about it. Just a comment that it can be easy to spot other cars on a rolling right turn, but what about other cyclists and peds, who could be coming from your right.

Al

Laggard

8 in 1 mile.

srf

There are many 6 lights in 17 miles since most of it is MUT, but there are several stop signs that no one on the trail stops for.

bluejack

My commute is not that far, 13 lights in 2.5 miles. At least 4 of these lights are utterly, absolutely useless, and I used to blow the reds. I got stopped by the police twice in a two week period, however, and that made me paranoid.

Frankly, I used to be a better cyclist, as I was alert to *real* threats; now that I am alert to hidden policemen and obscure traffic regulations my best cycling days are behind me. And I stop at all red lights just so I don't have to feel that paranoia.

I do, however, get extremely steamed about how poor the traffic design is here in Seattle. There are some bad lights and boneheaded urban planning like you wouldn't believe. I tried writing a few letters, but that got nowhere. There is some construction near my house and they have police on site during rush hours to provide some extra traffic control. There's this one light which is green for each direction in turn, at about 2.5 minutes per direction. But there are never more than about 5 cars lined up... and NOONE going through the green light. One time I asked the policeman on duty there if he didn't think the light was poorly designed, and what the best way to get something done about it might be. He looked at me like I was nuts. "Whats wrong with the light?" He sits there watching it all day and he doesn't see it's stupid? I give up.

OldShacker

I have to stop at every #@#% light (4 lights) at times because each has a left arrow light and when I commute the last guys that are making the left turn do it just as the light is red for them. Now stop signs, well...

gahaya

If I'm figuring right, 91 lights in roughly 6-7 miles if I stay on regular streets, about 56 if I take Central Park West from 59th-96th St. And only about 14 if I take the bike path between 125th and 34th. I'm very cautious by NYC standards (i.e., always slow/stop at reds to look before crossing, don't weave or track-stand in the middle of busy intersections while waiting for a gap) but even I can't begin to fathom the idea of waiting for reds to change if the box is clear. I know it's different in other cities, so if I ever move I guess I'll have to learn new customs.