These 21 Fremont Traffic Signals Have The Longest Delays

FREMONT, CA — Traffic is an unavoidable reality, but some Fremont intersections are worse than others, according to a recently released report.

INRIX, a Washington state-based company that studies traffic and transit patterns, compiled the U.S. Signals Scorecard using GPS data from cars and phones. Billed as the first nationwide analysis of individual traffic lights and intersections, the scorecard looked at 210,000 intersections nationwide in October noting how many cars passed through or idled while waiting for the light to change.

The average signal nationwide had roughly 17,400 estimated vehicle crossings per day, the study found. On average, 62.8 percent of vehicles breezed through on a green. Drivers who stopped at a red light spent an average of 45 seconds waiting for the light to change.

No one spent more time overall waiting for the light to change than Californians, the researchers found. Los Angeles commuters spent considerably more time at lights than drivers in any city nationwide. But that may be because California — and Los Angeles especially — tended to have more drivers, according to the study. The state ranked in the middle of the pack in terms of drivers' likelihood of catching a green light (61.2 percent). But California drivers spent more time on average waiting for red lights to change than did drivers in most other states.

The absolute worst time and day of the week to be in a hurry was between 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Friday, researchers found. That was when traffic signals caused the most delays in California.

The average trip in California took about 16 1/2 minutes, and almost 10 percent of that time was spent waiting at signals. That was the 10th-worst wait time among all 50 states, according to INRIX.

Most intersections in Fremont are in the least-delayed green range, which indicates minimal delays of no more than 20 seconds per car. Fortunately, no local intersections were in the most-delayed red-orange, which indicates cars may spend 55 seconds or more waiting at a light.

One intersection is in the slower half of the intermediate orange range, which indicates cars may spend 35 to 55 seconds waiting at a light, according to the INRIX report. The slowest intersection in Fremont: Fremont Boulevard and Mowry Avenue.

20 intersections are in the yellow range of 20 to 35 seconds.

Think you can guess what they are?

• Fremont Boulevard and Grimmer Boulevard (40 percent on green; peak traffic Monday at 5:15 p.m.)
• Fremont Boulevard and Washington Boulevard (35 percent on green; peak traffic at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday)
• Auto Mall Parkway and Osgood Road (42 percent green; peak traffic 2:15 pm on Tuesday)
• Auto Mall Parkway and Fremont Boulevard (35 percent on green; peak traffic 2:15 pm on Tuesday)
• Auto Mall Parkway and South Grimmer Boulevard (36 percent on green; peak traffic 2:15 pm on Tuesday)
• Fremont Boulevard and South Grimmer Boulevard (32 percent on green; peak traffic 3:45 pm on Friday)
• Warm Springs Boulevard and South Grimmer Boulevard (41 percent on green; peak traffic 3:30 pm on Friday)
• Warm Springs Boulevard and Mission Boulevard (59 percent on green; peak traffic 5:15 pm on Sunday)
• Mission Boulevard and Mojave Drive (58 percent on green; peak traffic noon on Friday)
• Mission Boulevard and Driscoll Road (45 percent on green; peak traffic at 2:45 p.m. on Friday)
• Alvarado Boulevard and Deep Creek Road (53 percent on green; peak traffic at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday)
• Fremont Boulevard and Paseo Padre Parkway (42 percent on green; peak traffic at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday)
• Fremont Boulevard and Decoto Road (40 percent on green; peak traffic at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday)
• Fremont Boulevard and Thornton Avenue (40 percent on green; peak traffic at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday)
• Paseo Padre Parkway and Thornton Avenue (52 percent on green; peak traffic at 4:30 p.m. on Friday)
• Paseo Padre Parkway and Decoto Road (41 percent on green; peak traffic at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday)
• Paseo Padre Parkway and Stevenson Boulevard (32 percent on green; peak traffic at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday)
• Blacow Road and Central Avenue (40 percent on green; peak traffic at 4:45 p.m. on Monday)
• Paseo Padre Parkway and Ardenwood Boulevard (34 percent on green; peak traffic at 4:45 p.m. on Friday)
• Ardenwood Boulevard and Highway 84 (34 percent on green; peak traffic at 4:45 p.m. on Friday)

Here at the 10 worst intersections in the state, according to INRIX.

1. Newhall Ranch Road and Bouquet Canyon Road, Los Angeles County: 1,260 daily hours lost.
2. Newport Boulevard and West 19th Street, Orange County: 1,042 daily hours lost.
3. Winchester Road and Ynez Road, Riverside County, 1,081 daily hours lost.
4. Edinger Avenue and Beach Boulevard, Orange County: 1,011 daily hours lost.
5. Valencia Boulevard and Bouquet Canyon Road, Los Angeles County: 1,006 daily hours lost.
6. Newport Boulevard and East 17th Street, Orange County: 993 daily hours lost.
7. Firestone Boulevard and Garfield Avenue, Los Angeles County: 993 daily hours lost.
8. San Luis Rey Mission Expressway and College Boulevard, San Diego County: 969 daily hours lost.
9. Crenshaw Boulevard and West Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles County: 967 daily hours lost.
10. West Imperial Highway and South Beach Boulevard, Orange County: 948 daily hours lost.

INRIX also created an interactive map that lets you see how well intersections in your area fared.

— Patch editors Paige Austin, Courtney Teague, and Bea Karnes contributed to this story