Timing of traffic lights in Everett is adding to gridlock

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, March 10, 2020

As someone who flies frequently, I am increasingly aware that the timing of Everett’s traffic lights seems to be almost intentionally designed to create gridlock. Traveling on both coasts, I marvel that I can travel from one side of a city to another with ease, but upon returning to Everett I am forced to sit at the most passive-aggressive lights.

Worse, I watch as all lanes of traffic come to a stop so some invisible lane of traffic can get the right of way. The traffic is already bad here, but the timing of the lights only adds to the gridlock. Add to that the jaywalkers, who can’t be bothered to walk half a block to the crosswalk, and you have a recipe for disaster. The lighting is off here. Please look into it, and fix it.

Steven Thorn

Everett