Patch Readers Sound Off on Red Lights in Walnut Creek

If you’re frustrated with the red light situation in Walnut Creek, 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 Walnut Creek best. We asked you on Facebook how you felt about the red lights in our area. Could Walnut Creek 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:

-"More about timing than number. Sometimes, it takes a ridiculous amount of time to drive down California."

-"It definitely has badly timed traffic lights during heavy traffic times."

-"What difference do they make? A lot of people drive right through them."

-"Too many especially on Ygnacio. During morning commute it is miserable."

-"Not too many but they are too long, which is why people run yellow and red light all the time."

-"The timing needs to be worked on."

-"We need more speed bumps, put some on Arbolado and some on Oak Grove."

-"Yes too many!!!!"

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