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Comment 8 for Low Carbon Fuel Standard - General (lcfs-general-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Howard
Last Name: Sloane
Email Address: hsloane@roadrunner.com
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Subject: Reducing emissions and fuel use through traffic control
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My 2001 VW wagon gets 17 mpg when I am driving around San Diego. When we go to Utah and Wyoming it gets 10 mpg MORE! In San Diego its average speed is 24 mph. Why? In my local area, I spend more time waiting for traffic signals and stopping at stop signs where these are not appropriate than moving forward. It appears that there is little effort to coordinate signals, I sometimes stop 3-5 times in a 5 block area. Signals are not "intelligent," that is, I stop at a red light when there is no traffic coming in the other direction, or for quite some time after the last traffic has passed coming in the other direction. One route I frequently travel as 12 stop sighs in 1 mile (my guess as to distance), some where the cross street is a short dead end! Some traffic engineer could assess the impact of this and the savings in emissions and fuel by upgrading all signals and stop signs.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2008-07-25 07:56:47
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