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The major streets in the Sacramento Area need (MUST) be timed
correctly to keep large groups of cars from stopping then going and
stopping again because the signal light is not timed properly. 
Cars idling for periods of time then accelerating and then stopping
again and going again are an extreme source of air pollution in the
Valley.  Whoever is in charge of the proper signal light timing or
function needs to be held accountable for the extra pollution THEY
are causing.  

I drive down Madison Avenue at least twice a day and at the rush
hour times there will be blocks of 50-60 cars that get stopped at
over half the lights because of improper light changes.  From
Auburn blvd cars driving east will have to stop or sometimes slow
down at Hemlock and then get stopped at Garfield.  This happens all
day and is not the only spot that it occurs.  Why can’t the public
works department, or whoever is in charge of this, ask for someone
to help them drive and communicate to the controller when the
proper time to change the light.

I use Madison Avenue as my example, but it also happens on ALL the
major traffic arteries in the county and I bet in every major city.
 We spend all this money to put up fancy camera systems and I think
it is by design to stop traffic or slow it down to avoid some
accidents.  I think the opposite is happening.  The traffic moves
along and then has to stop and I think this is causing more rear
end accidents then what their use to be.  Please get with the
people in charge to get them fixed to slow down the green house
gasses our cars are emitting.

Also, how do you know what the emissions were in 1990?  Was there
sufficient testing data to compare to back then?  Do you really
think that businesses are to blame and not the traffic loads that
in the valley have probably doubled in those 18years?  Does
everyone know that what extra laws, rules, restrictions or anything
else that is put onto business is passed onto the consumer?  What
you are doing to businesses, large and small affects everyone who
uses that service or product.

I am really frustrated by the lack of care and responsibility a
lot of employees that work in the public sector show towards the
rest of the public that works in the private sector.  This auto
traffic is only one example of the many out there that I see and
everyone else sees and we all let it happen.  It needs to ALL stop.
 Our roads, schools and everything else that is controlled by
government must be made accountable.  It is bad enough to see
billions of dollars now being spent to bail out huge companies that
make bad decisions with no foresight to plan ahead.  They are just
like the government, spend, spend and spend some more and
eventually the money will catch up, funny it never does.  Small
companies would just go bankrupt or sell if they did this.  Any
“for profit” companies should not be allowed to get free TAX PAYER
money, how about a loan? 

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2008-12-08 11:29:39