The purpose of traffic lights is to ensure the safety and smoothness of traffic, and in addition to preventing traffic accidents, they also improve the traffic environment by smoothing the flow of vehicles.
However, if traffic lights are not installed properly or if traffic lights that are no longer needed are not removed, there is a risk that traffic safety and smoothness will be hindered, such as causing people to ignore traffic lights and causing cars to stop unnecessarily. there is.
Therefore, when installing traffic lights, we conduct various surveys and analyzes of traffic volume, traffic accident occurrence status, etc. in advance, and consider whether or not it can be replaced with other measures. are selected. Additionally, for traffic lights whose traffic volume has decreased or frequency of use has decreased due to changes in the traffic environment, etc., we will consider removing them after considering whether they can be replaced with other measures. .
Based on the above, we will proceed with consideration of the opinions of local residents and road users when considering the installation or removal of traffic lights.
Policy on installation and removal of traffic lights [1167KB]