{"id":3842,"date":"2023-01-13T08:22:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/?p=3842"},"modified":"2023-06-26T13:26:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T20:26:40","slug":"red-light-green-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/2023\/01\/13\/red-light-green-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Red light, green light"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you\u2019re like me, when you were a kid you played the game, \u201cRed light, green light.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was no game, however, when I visited the STOP (Sewer and Traffic Operations) facility where our traffic lights are made, tested, repaired and managed.<\/p>\n

My thanks to Vern Page, a supervisor in Planning and Public Works, for his tour of their spaces.\u00a0 It was fascinating to see into the guts of our traffic signal control cabinets!<\/p>\n

Did you know that our team takes care of about 250 signals throughout the County – and nearly 100 of them are in incorporated cities and towns? I also learned that today\u2019s signal lights last longer, are more reliable, and use much less energy than those from years ago.\u00a0 Despite what you see in the movies, no one can \u201chack\u201d into our traffic lights and turn them green to facilitate a get away!<\/p>\n

You can go behind the scenes of our traffic light operation in the video below:<\/p>\n