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    Columbus improves traffic flow with synched signals

    The Dispatch wrote City wants to improve traffic flow by synchronizing signals with neighboring towns

    Thursday, February 21, 2008

    BY TIM DOULIN

    Timing is everything when it comes to traffic signals. Few things annoy drivers more than being kept waiting at red light after red light. Take heart, rush-hour commuters. Columbus is planning to synchronize its traffic lights with more of its neighboring communities.

    Although it might be a few years before the idea becomes a widespread reality, the payoff is better traffic flow between Columbus and bordering municipalities. “We are building for the traffic-signal system to be a more integrated resource for the whole region, rather than just a Columbus thing,” said Eagan Foster, the Columbus traffic-operations engineer.

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