By GERALD ANTOSI’d have to agree with Glen Michel’s letter whole heartily but I believe that he didn’t take it quite far enough.
We live in a small quiet community whose streets roll up for the evening at around 7 p.m. every night and don’t awaken till about 6:30 a.m. the next day. That being said, why on earth do we need any of the traffic lights to be doing anything but flashing red/yellow after 7 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.?
First off, there isn’t enough traffic to warrant their being fully operational 24/7 and the #1 waste of fuel in automobiles is that time wasted stopping at a red light! Is there such a need that they be fully
operational 24/7? I don’t believe there is and personally our county government seems that their logic behind having them that way is bogus at best.
EVERY small town I have driven through after hours has had their traffic lights on flashing red/yellow. What’s the big deal with Los Alamos joining the real world and turn off the traffic lights when they are not needed?
As for the many sporting events and such that need a bit more traffic control, the local police department has always been there to control traffic when the event is over and everyone is trying to beat the crowd home. They do a really great job during these times.
All this being said, I just hope our county government will somehow acquire some real honest to goodness common sense in the way they do things.
