Signal Coordination Times

Coordinated Traffic Corridors
Currently in La Mesa there are four corridors that have coordinated traffic signals: Spring Street, Fletcher Parkway, University Avenue, and Lake Murray Boulevard.


Street Coordination Times Segment Coordinated
Spring Street
7:30 am - 8:30 am, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Palm to High
University Avenue 7:30 am - 8:30 am, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, 4:30 pm -5:30 pm
70th to La Mesa
Fletcher Parkway 7:30 am - 8:30 am, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Trolley to Albertsons
Lake Murray Boulevard 7:30 am - 8:30 am, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Kiowa to Aztec
Lake Murray Boulevard 7:30 am - 8:30 am, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm El Paso to Dallas

The average travel time improvements for the coordinated segments are:


Starting Location Ending Location
Total Travel Time
Percent of Time Saved
University Avenue 70th to La Mesa 84 seconds 35% less time
Fletcher Parkway Trolley to Albertsons 19 seconds 26% less time
Lake Murray Boulevard
Kiowa to Aztec 96 seconds 61% less time
Lake Murray Boulevard El Paso to Dallas 24 seconds 65% less time

Those are significant improvements in travel time for those streets! Unfortunately, there is a down side to all of this good news. When signals are coordinated on the main streets cars on the side streets will experience slightly longer delays trying to enter the main street. This is because the signal is working with its neighbor signals to move more cars through on the main street - more of the traffic - at the expense of the lesser side street traffic.