{"id":65724,"date":"2025-07-14T20:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65724\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T20:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:03:12","slug":"safety-and-efficiency-in-scottsdale-roadways-scottsdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65724\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety and efficiency in Scottsdale roadways | Scottsdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottsdale City Council has unanimously agreed to review two traffic signal proposals aimed at improving road safety and easing congestion.<\/p>\n<p>During its July 2 meeting, the council directed City Manager Greg Caton to schedule a staff presentation and discussion on the potential changes. Formal review is expected to take place when legislative sessions resume Aug. 25.<\/p>\n<p>The two initiatives under consideration include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Optimizing Left-Turn Signals:<\/strong> City staff will analyze whether adjustments to left-turn signal timings at intersections could reduce wait times and improve traffic flow.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Extending Yellow-to-Red Intervals:<\/strong> A second review will explore lengthening the time between yellow and red lights to allow more time for vehicles to clear intersections and for pedestrians to cross safely.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mayor Lisa Borowsky, who led the push for the review, said the proposed changes reflect a broader commitment to public safety and traffic efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur community deserves the safest and most efficient roadways possible,\u201d Borowsky said in a statement. \u201cBy analyzing our current signal systems and exploring adjustments, we can make a tangible difference in daily commutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The presentations will include analysis by city staff, followed by discussion and possible council action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scottsdale City Council has unanimously agreed to review two traffic signal proposals aimed at improving road safety&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":65725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,20503,46675,5173,46670,46678,46686,1589,5292,46676,11750,46672,46687,46679,18610,8152,46683,46680,314,46685,22715,46681,46669,46673,46684,6187,46677,46682,46674,46671,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-65724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-driving","12":"tag-economy-of-transport","13":"tag-infrastructure","14":"tag-intersection-road","15":"tag-land-transport","16":"tag-left-turn-signals","17":"tag-phoenix","18":"tag-public-safety","19":"tag-road-infrastructure","20":"tag-road-safety","21":"tag-road-traffic-management","22":"tag-road-traffic-safety","23":"tag-road-transport","24":"tag-roads","25":"tag-safety","26":"tag-scottsdale-city-council","27":"tag-streets-and-roads","28":"tag-traffic","29":"tag-traffic-efficiency","30":"tag-traffic-flow","31":"tag-traffic-law","32":"tag-traffic-light","33":"tag-traffic-management","34":"tag-traffic-signal-proposals","35":"tag-transport","36":"tag-transport-infrastructure","37":"tag-transport-law","38":"tag-transport-safety","39":"tag-transportation-engineering","40":"tag-united-states","41":"tag-united-states-of-america","42":"tag-unitedstates","43":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","44":"tag-us","45":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}