Manatee County traffic signals inexplicably vary

Traveling through Bradenton and around Manatee County can be an adventure with the traffic, but also with the varied traffic signal lights.

Some two-lane streets have one traffic light at an intersection, others two, still others three. Some three-lanes street have two lights, some three, others four, some five.

Some three-lane streets have one blinking light. The classic are those with two rows of lights, a different number of lights on each row.

What are these signals trying to indicate and where does one stop?

Speaking of traffic, several years ago a very expensive traffic survey was commissioned. Were the results from this commission ever received and were any improvements undertaken or is there now just a call for another expensive survey?

Jim Heuberger

Bradenton

This story was originally published April 14, 2016 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Manatee County traffic signals inexplicably vary ."