Mayor claims traffic is about to move better

The newly completed Mid-Wilshire Signal Sync System, bounded by Hollywood Boulevard, Western Avenue, La Cienega Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard, synchronizes a total of 256 traffic signals and spans 12-square miles from the Mid-Wilshire community to the Hollywood area. The result, says Mayor Villaraigosa's news release, is that "commuters are going to see traffic flow."

With this new Mid-Wilshire Signal Sync System in place, commuters who travel in and around the 12-square Mid-Wilshire/ Hollywood area will experience improved travel times and a reduction in traffic delay of up to 15%.

As part of the effort to help motorists identity the areas that are synchronized, Mayor Villaraigosa will have new �Signal Sync� signs posted at 200 major corridors and intersections.

�We are offering a tool for commuters to identify which traffic lights have been synchronized, and which ones have not,� said Mayor Villaraigosa. �From now on, each new light sync project will be marked with a �Signal Sync� sign --- and over the course of the next year
and a half, every synchronized light in the city will display this mark.�