MAYOR DRIVES HOME HIS POINT SYNCHRONIZED TRAFFIC-LIGHT PROJECT UNVEILED.Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer NORTHRIDGE - Calling it an early Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. present, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. on Monday announced the completion of the last major traffic-light synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. project in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , expected to shave 15 percent off commute times along certain routes. Part of a nearly $8 million project, the 64 traffic signals throughout the Ronald Reagan Freeway corridor will use ground sensors and cameras to determine traffic volumes and can extend the duration of green lights by many seconds to improve traffic flows, Villaraigosa said. ``As our population continues to grow, relieving traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. is essential,'' Villaraigosa said during a press conference on Reseda Boulevard. ``Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. is at the forefront of technology. In the next three and a half years, we plan to synchronize See synchronization. 100 percent of all the city's traffic signals.'' The corridor, bound by Topanga Canyon and Balboa boulevards and Devonshire and Rinaldi streets, was among the last in Los Angeles to be connected to an older, computerized signal-synchronization system. The new system measures traffic on city streets in real time by using ground sensor technology that can detect heavier-than-normal flow and signals can adjust themselves to the existing traffic. Los Angeles Councilwoman Wendy Greuel Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 2nd District. Greuel was elected in 2002 to fill the remainder of the term of Councilman Joel Wachs. She was elected in her own right in 2003 and reelected in 2007. , who heads the city's Transportation Committee, has said improving city streets has become her top priority. With gasoline prices again inching toward $3 a gallon, the new system will alleviate the time commuters spend idling on surface streets, she said. ``We all know we have a traffic crisis in Los Angeles that has a chokehold on all our residents,'' Greuel said. ``This will shave a little time on our commute.'' As has Greuel, Villaraigosa has made transportation a priority of his agenda since taking office last year. Next week, Villaraigosa will go to Sacramento to secure $150 million that will go toward synchronization upgrades throughout the city. The city also is working toward adding left-turn signals at nearly 160 more intersections, including in the San Fernando Valley, to continue to bring traffic signals up to date. Susan Abram, (818) 713-3664 susan.abram(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa discusses the placement of traffic lights at Rinaldi Park in Porter Ranch on Monday. Alex Collins/Special to the Daily News |
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