Average sets of traffic lights per mile on your commute?

[Evilcat]

70+ in 10 miles... London (Chiswick to Shoreditch). In fact I counted on the way in: there are probably more coming back as I go via Euston Road which surely has at least 25 between Kings X and Paddington.

A lot of unclipping: Speedplay Zeros are the ideal pedal for this kind of commuting on a road bike.

EC

 

[levad]

13 miles, zero traffic lights. Actually I can do the complete journey without stopping at all most days

 

[DJ]

So whats going to be the conclusion of this pole? We have too many traffic lights in this country!!!!

 

[BigSteev]

Currently 26 for 7 miles. My old commute was 147 for 20 miles (well when you've done it so many times you have to do something to keep you interested )

 

[rusky]

Average 3 per mile on a 4 mile commute

 

[summerdays]

Compute to different places but to my main base: 17 sets of lights in under 3 miles, and if I have to go an extra mile then it jumps to 31 sets... that's what I blame my low mph on.

 

[dub-no-bass]

56 in 11 miles on the way in..
40 in 11 miles on the way home..

 

[darkstar]

When i commute into work whilst living at home (not in uni) it's 9 miles and not 1 set of trafic lights! I live in the countryside and work in a nearby village though!
Cycling to uni there is 11 in 3.5 miles though!

 

[marooncat]

Depends on my route but normally going into work none and coming home one set..

I lied, there is a pedestrian crossing on my route in, right outside a school. However I have never ever seen it on red which shows the sorry state of afairs we are in over kids walking to school as the houses are one side of the road and the school on the other!!!

 

[Plax]

Reading this thread I can see why RLJ is so prevalent, especially in London. It must be very frustrating constantly stop starting. I get fed up in Bangor having to go the long way round the pointless one way system and stopping at the lights each time (and there are two sets of completely pointless lights that just cause congestion now whereas before when the lights weren't there it was much more free flowing. Traffic planners should be hung, drawn & quartered for their incompetance). I think I'd go mad in London.

NOTE - I DO NOT CONDONE RLJ AS IT IS VERY NAUGHTY.

 

[hackbike 666]

I think I misread the OP question.

Although I think a lot of lights are badly thought out or badly timed.

On average how many set of traffic lights on your commute?

Ahh I see,then I did answer correctly.Perhaps not perhaps I should start counting.

 

[Amanda P]

Erm, in seven miles, on average, exactly none.

 

[Bman]

Commute is just over 3 miles. I have no traffic lights.

 

[Sheepy1209]

10 in 9 miles (inland)
2 in 10 miles (promenade) - often possible to do the whole run without stopping - with no hills to speak of it's easy to lose track of place and time.

 

[J4CKO]

None in seven miles, 1 set on a potential route that I dont use that much. There is however one busy offset junction across an A road (Chelford/Ollerton for those who know it)that I wish had lights, I scuttle further up to avoid the certain death factor it introduces into the journey.