Mayor claims traffic is about to move better

The newly completed Mid-Wilshire Signal Sync System, bounded by Hollywood Boulevard, Western Avenue, La Cienega Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard, synchronizes a total of 256 traffic signals and spans 12-square miles from the Mid-Wilshire community to the Hollywood area. The result, says Mayor Villaraigosa's news release, is that "commuters are going to see traffic flow."

With this new Mid-Wilshire Signal Sync System in place, commuters who travel in and around the 12-square Mid-Wilshire/ Hollywood area will experience improved travel times and a reduction in traffic delay of up to 15%.

As part of the effort to help motorists identity the areas that are synchronized, Mayor Villaraigosa will have new “Signal Sync” signs posted at 200 major corridors and intersections.

“We are offering a tool for commuters to identify which traffic lights have been synchronized, and which ones have not,” said Mayor Villaraigosa. “From now on, each new light sync project will be marked with a “Signal Sync” sign --- and over the course of the next year
and a half, every synchronized light in the city will display this mark.”