This issue starts at 7 am and it takes me from 188th to Okeechobee 40 minutes!

I will put this out to our officers. Thanks.

Thank you! How about the issue with the traffic lights? They are not designed to accommodate the large flow of traffic in that area.

Pines Blvd is a main avenue and the green light should be on longer for the traffic volume.

I'll ask Broward County Traffic Engineering (www.broward.org/traffic/Pages/Default.aspx) to revisit timing, but past adjustments have made much of a dent. Too much traffic. Too little road. Thanks.

Thanks for fixing this issue!

Thank you for your assistance regarding this matter.

The timing of the lights on Pines Blvd. from 196th to 209th Street need to be synchronized better. There is too much traffic going west and the lights are a huge problem! Please fix this issue!

Totally agree, I spend more time on this small stretch than getting to my destination in Miami.

The traffic lights on Pines Blvd. heading west from 196th Street to 209th street need to be synchronized better to accommodate the amount of cars heading west in the a.m. I live 8 miles from West Broward High School, but it takes almost 40 minutes to get there since school resumed. So frustrating! Please fix the timing of the lights!!

I have forwarded the request to BCTE. As stated earlier, we've tried light adjustments with no success, but I'm asking them to look at it again. Thanks.

So many rude drivers using the turn lanes as their avenue to get to the front of the line. Many of them headed to the high school. It's a learned behavior and without a barrier to keep them from doing it they will continue. Backs up traffic and slows progress for those patiently waiting to get to their destination.

Suggest the city add some flexible poles as they have in certain areas throughout the city. Cops being there a day or two is fine but long term it's not a solution.

Let's face it. There are 5 schools on this route. If you think you have it bad on Pines, consider the people who have to go to work in the adjacent areas. Who would not allow Miramar Parkway to go to Hwy 27? Who in their right mind would block a parkway with a subdivision? Miramar. Pines is trying to get Pembroke Road extended to Hwy 27, but there are problems. Will the Pembroke Road overpass over 75 help? There will be no access to 75. Go out Sheridan Street and wait to get out on Hwy 27. Yep, it is a mess! Pines Blvd is a state road with some state oversight. Or how about Sheridan St going to 75 with almost a mile of school zone speed. Don't forget the access roads to 75 on Pines Blvd. That's a winner too! Answer to all of the above, love it or leave it!

Love it or leave it? What an ignorant response to this issue. Tell me, how are you make me leave?

Sorry you don't seem to understand the irony in my statement. Wasn't personal. Nothing can be done about any of it in my estimation. I have been out here 23 years and have watched it grow and I have seen people leave because of it. I will overlook the rest.

I understood what you said. I filed a complaint regarding an issue that affects my commute. I did not experience this chaos back in May 2016 or prior. Actually, many people are moving to this area instead of leaving. Traffic lights synchronization needs to be updated and violators need to be ticketed, as simple as that. Nobody needs to leave.

It is a known fact that the lights cannot be synchronized. Anyway that is a county function if it were posssible. Pines tries, but just like the high school, the school board rules. Schools are just a matter of fact. Relax, get on a good FM Station and stay the course.Not much has changed since May. Can't quite figure that one out. Anyway the issue is closed, just having fun. Try going a different route. Oh that's right Miramar only has I 75 to get South.

This if from another resident here. It is a cut and paste for Miramar.
With school back in session so is the morning traffic. Of particular concern is Pines Blvd and 196th. Many drivers traveling west bound on Pines Blvd are using the double turning lanes at 196th to bypass all the patient drivers. These drivers that use the double turning lanes are then crossing over the solid white line as they approach 196th cutting into the lane that continues straight on Pines Blvd. This activity is making a bad traffic problem worst and these aggressive law breaking drivers are creating a hostile intersection with their lawbreaking activity.

I know the police have much better things to do than to sit at an intersection so people follow the law and common courtesy but it seems to me this is warranted. After the traffic normalizes over the coming weeks, this problem should go away just like it did last year.

I imagine the police are already aware of the issue but not for sure. Is there a process to notify police and request police assistance? The issue only seems to happen from just before 7am to about 8am.

Traffic signal synchronization can be done. This will definitely minimize delays. Police presence is required for ticket issuance. Problem solved.
Thank you, but I don't need to change my route.

Bob Young is correct. There are several schools in that section and Pines Blvd cannot hold the load (only 2 lanes). Maybe Miramar decides to open an exit to 27 and alleviate (not solved because the schools) the traffic. Regarding policing the area; I see four to five police cars working the intersection of Johnson & 208th (Somerset Academy). It looks like some Commissioner that resides in the area wants to have easy acces to his home rather than share the pain as everybody else. And while the city of PPines closed Rose Price Park for parents to park, traffic tickets are flying left and right. Parents just want to bring children to school and getting them out as quickly as possible. Maybe police officers can start educating them rather than punishing. It is stressful to everybody; let's make it easier.

Folks, I went out and conducted some enforcement at this location today. I've also asked my guys to work it into our rotation, so you will be seeing us there on occasion. BCTE will be looking at the area as well to see if they can do anything productive with the existing equipment. Thanks, Sgt. Baker

Let's face it, no large business would build on invest in the area that the schools are located in. Any demographic study would not be fruitful. There are no customers or roads available west of 27. When sub-divisions or PUDs were approved years ago, no one thought there would be a traffic problem due to residents living West of 27. No businesses like Publix or Walmart would invest there. It was an easy access to 27. Now with the School Board and Schools building in areas like far West Broward, the student demographics are analyzed to have a number of students that are comprised of half being west of 27. Those numbers equal the anticipated students in half the circle, yet the total of all students only come from the East half to the circle, thereby placing all the formulated students to the West coming from the East half to the circle. There will never be a resolution to this problem. I use to be a planner for telecommunications companies. If this had been my plan, I would have been fired.

Thanks for fixing this issue!

Thank you Sgt. Baker. I hope you and your crew can figure this morning craziness out!

To Sgt. Baker:
Yesterday morning, Sept. 7th around 7:15 a.m., I saw three different Pembroke Pines police officers at the intersection of Pines and 196th Ave. One was issuing a ticket to a person who had moved into the intersection to head west, blocking all lanes of traffic when the lights changed. I could tell that the person was being issued a ticket. Another officer was parked on the same side of the street, but was just chatting with the other officer. I wish he would have been in the north bound center median lane where many people try to cut into the one turning lane to head east. A third police car was in the turning lane on the east side of the intersection and ended up just making a U-turn. Not sure where that officer went. As I drove past the officers, I rolled down my window and thanked them for helping out. They seemed to appreciate my gesture. This morning...no police officers in sight at the worst intersection on Pines in the a.m. Sgt. Baker, please keep this issue of terrible traffic and traffic light synchronization open. Thanks

Continued>>Meant to say... "I wish he would have been in the north bound center median lane where many people try to cut into the one turning lane to head West."

Technology Services Department assigned this issue to Cheryl Watters

This is still an issue every day, we need police presence during school time

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