If you really want to get mad at our bad traffic infrastructure, look up some info on Dutch traffic signals. Our signals are hopelessly outdated and horribly inefficient. Anyone claiming otherwise hasn't seen how well traffic flows in Amsterdam or The Hauge. Our current system largely wastes everyone's time for no reason. Also, safety doesn't always have to mean making everyone wait longer.

https://beyondtheautomobile.com/2020/08/11/signals-for-change/

We need to press our politicians to reform the shitty, outdated standards our state, county, and city use when installing and upgrading intersections. The CMU smart signals are a nice start but we need to go much further.

I wonder how many hours of idling could be eliminated if even half of the signals/intersections downtown were upgraded.