No benefit to extra second added onto amber traffic light
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This article was published 08/03/2011 (5302 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Adding one second to the city’s amber lights will not improve intersection safety, according to a new report released today.
Last fall, council’s executive policy committee asked the city’s public service to review a Georgia law that requires amber lights to be timed to U.S. federal engineering standards, plus one additional second.
Some traffic activists have claimed that city officials rely on red-light cameras to improve intersection safety, rather than alternatives.
“After reviewing State of Georgia legislation and City data, we have found that there is no demonstrated benefit to increasing amber light times by one second,” Luis Escobar, the city’s manager of transportation, said in a press release this afternoon.
The report will go to council’s public works committee next Tuesday.