Does Mill Valley Have Too Many Red Lights?

If you’re frustrated with the red light situation in Mill Valley, you are in good company.

While stop lights are one of the necessary evils of commuting, they don’t guarantee safety for pedestrians or cooperation from drivers.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, red-light running is the number one cause of urban crashes. Furthermore in 2013, approximately 127,000 people were injured in red-light related crashes.

In August 2015, the National Coalition for Safer Roads released an interactive safety map that would allow users to see the number of red-light running deaths in their area as part of the group’s ‘Stop on Red’ initiative.

At Patch, we appreciate that our readers and motorists know the stop lights in Mill Valley best. We asked you on Facebook how you felt about the red lights in our area. Could Mill Valley use more red lights? Are there too many? What intersections need a stop light, or can get rid of one?

Here’s what readers said on social media:

- "It's not a question of how many so much as how they are timed to be in sync (or, as is often the case, are not in sync) with each other. Morning traffic flow out of MV is horrible, and one can't help but wish there were some solution linked to the lights."

- "There was never a problem until the Tam Valley lights went in at Tennessee Valley Rd and Flamingo!"

- "It's not the number of lights, it's the wait time at certain lights (left turn lights in particular) at very busy times of day."

Is there a red light in Mill Valley you can’t stand? Is there an intersection that could desperately use a red light? Let us know on Facebook.