Does Catonsville Have Too Many Red Lights?

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

- "At the beltway there are too many. It's very confusing for anyone traveling through the first couple of times until you figure it out."

- "Come to Frederick and Prospect and try to go west in the morning of afternoon. In about three-four blocks there are 5 lights and they are not synchronized. So one lights turns green and you go about 10 yards and you stop and wait. It is a mess."

- "Beltway and Frederick? I hate those lights and that whole traffic pattern on the bridge."

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