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Don't Sync and Drive

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From: Roger Lincoln
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 13:10
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>                                  I realize the cowpath nature of streets
>around here might make such things more difficult around here, but it is
>astounding how out of sync lights are with each other.  About three years
>ago, the state rebuilt Rte. 30 in Framingham between the turnpike and Rte.
>126. The work included installation of brand-new lights and mechanisms.
>But from the day it opened, it's been virtually impossible to drive from the
>pike to 126 without getting stuck at at least two (and usually three) lights.

Is it just blind luck or are the traffic lights on Rt 2, between 128
and the Concord Rotary, *purposely* timed to make you stop at at least
three of them?   When I first started driving it everyday I thought
they were all just randomized, but after a year I've noticed a
pattern, but there's no constant speed to drive at to get through them
cleanly (I even tried 55 mph :-).  Wouldn't it make sense to time them
so the 4-lane primary traffic (ie. Rt 2) could travel at the mythical
speed limit and make all the lights?  Sorry, I forgot where I was for
a second.

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From: rhl@valhalla.mitre.org (Roger Lincoln)
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Subject: Don't Sync and Drive
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Date: 7 Aug 92 13:10:59 GMT
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