Average sets of traffic lights per mile on your commute?

[biking_fox]

Lots!
More than 10, but can't recall all of them, some I'm always having to stop for, some are rarely a problem. Only a 6mi commute so probably about 2-3 / mile.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I think I am very lucky.

My commute is 5.5 miles with only 4 sets of traffic lights, one of them a ped crossing, the route is a combination of road and cycle path.

That works out on average one set of lights for every 1.3 miles.

Is this a record?

Nope. I have no traffic lights at all - not even a pedestrian crossing - in 12 miles.

 

[cyberknight]

Average for the whole 20 mile round trip .

Summer route.... 0/20 = err 0 per mile
winter route ..... 1/ 20 = 0.05 per mile

 

[sticky sherbert]

12 miles, 5 T junctions, 2 roundabouts and 3 railway crossings. On a bad day I stop around 3 times, sorry

 

[XmisterIS]

Oi lives in 'aamshum, oi duz, roight in the middle of the cun'rysoide, we ain't got no traffik loights 'ere! Alls we'z got is trac'rrs an' cumboine 'aavstrs! That, an' sheep.

Oooarr!

 

[PatrickPending]

7 in 23.5 miles an average of 0.3/mile mind you these mostly occur in the first and last few miles of my commute

 

[Blonde]

There are over 40 sets of lights on my 13 mile commute. Not all on red of course, but at maybe half of them I have to slow/stop.

 

[davidg]

I have no idea other than there are a lot of people who dont stop at them

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

On the bike, I have two. One crossing on a trunk road at the point where a bridleway emerges onto it. I come down the bridleway, use the crossing and then I'm then onto roads across a housing estate after that. There's also a pelican crossing just up the road from where I work and I sometimes have to wait there for a ped to cross.

In the car, there's 9 junctions and 2 ped crossings.

I like my bike route best.

 

[davidg]

bored at work so looked through streetmap thinking it would take around 10 mins....

20 mins later have worked out on the way into work I have 65 sets of lights...7 mile commute

 

[AlanW]

Not a single set, then again I don't even see a main road either.

Plus if I see more then half a dozen cars for the whole combined journey then its considered busy!

 

[davidg]

I'll see six cars just getting on my bike!

 

[garrilla]

I'm currently doing 15miles in the morning, and there are 34. The last 4 are less than 300m total distance, but can take 6mins 20 seconds if I catch them out of phase I count them as my warm down.

 

[just4fun]

7 sets in 3.5 miles

 

[jimboalee]

Let's all do a little experiment.

You know how fast you can cruise. You know the distance of your commute. You've counted the traffic lights.

Firstly, calc the time it would take if you didn't have to stop.

Count all the other junctions and the all the uphill contours ( and Zebra crossings ).

Add on 1% for each TL, J, ZC or uphill contour.

How does this compare with reality?