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adamg@world.std.com (Adam M Gaffin) writes:
>... where traffic is already so bad some people are beginning
>to drive on the wrong side of the street for up to two blocks to make a
>turn (nothing quite wakes you up in the morning like a Saab coming at you
>head on :-) ).

Sometimes it seems like there's either no one bothering to survey
traffic patterns, or that whoever's in charge is asleep at the switch.

Much of the time, there is a 2- to 3-block traffic backup on Somerville
Avenue approaching Central Street.  The only apparent reason for this
is a mis-timed traffic light.

Often, when I'm sitting in the line of cars waiting at the light, I'll
see some maniac (a Saab for the sake of argument:  Saab drivers are the
worst :-) cross the centerline and zoom up to Central Street, as Adam
has seen.

Do our gas-tax dollars actually go to anyone paying attention to stuff
like this?  Once every few years, I'll actually notice that a traffic
light's timing circuit has been adjusted.  Such events are *rare*.

-rich