Quote Originally Posted by MarkCO View Post
Yep. We did a study for Denver, which they paid $200K for, in 1986 on signal timing and the politics is what shot it down. We were looking as reducing emissions on the order of tons per day. Some cities actually will time their lights to ensure people have to stop in certain retail zones.
Exactly, I've always thought this. They are looking for the impulse buyer in order to increase city/state income from sales taxes and they'll waste everyone else's time and fuel to do it.