Patch Readers Sound Off on Red Lights in San Leandro

If you’re frustrated with the red light situation in San Leandro, 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 accidents.

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 San Leandro best. We asked you on Facebook how you felt about the red lights in our area. Could San Leandro use more red lights? Are there too many? What intersections need a stop light, or can we get rid of one?

Here’s what readers said on social media:

-"Too many stop signs and not enough lights. How about some infrastructure improvements please!"

-"Need speed bumps on Castro St. between Washington Ave. and San Leandro Blvd. too many speeders! Never too many stop signs, they keep people safe!"

-"Does it matter no one pays any attention to them anyways. I have never lived in a city that had so many people run red lights like they do here."

-"Need to replace stop signs with lights, which people are less likely to ignore. Good place to start is Bancroft and 148th."

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