FTL = Fix The Lights

I was driving home last Friday night and came across Broward Boulevard from I-95. I got stopped by three lights. The next day I was headed to a wedding and got stopped twice going towards I-95. Coming home I got stopped three times again by lights. (I go through six lights driving across Broward to and from my house - getting stopped by half of them is not very good.)

This scenario is true on any of the major roads in Fort Lauderdale - Broward, Sunrise, Davie, and Federal Highway. You cannot drive any distance on them without getting stopped by lights. I expect stop and go traffic during rush hour, but off hours?

Everyone realizes that stop and go driving wastes gas (especially when the price is north of $3 a gallon). The City of Fort Lauderdale encourages people to be "green" and save energy but they do not help us in what seems to be a simple way. (Another blog deserves to be written on the paper they send out to promote saving resources...)

Why can't they synchronize the lights better on the major roads? I am not expecting every light to be green when I approach it but it would be nice to get through a few in a row without being stopped.

Drive north on Federal and see how far you can get without being stopped. I bet you will only get through 2 or 3 lights before you catch a red light.

The only way to get around this is to speed or run red lights. (And I am not advocating either of those options!)

The City needs to step and help the citizens out by managing the traffic flows better. I wrote previously how they open bridges during rush hour. Does the mayor and city commission care about the citizens? I am not sure.