Ocala Star-Banner Traffic light decisions The recent article regarding the Southwest 49th Avenue connector made me realize that the Marion County traffic department isn't making rational decisions with respect to traffic signals. On a recent bike ride from my Stone Creek community, I traveled east to Southwest 49th Avenue. It was such a pleasant ride going north on the nearly deserted new section of 49th Avenue. There was no traffic whatsoever. What do I encounter at Southwest 80th Street? A traffic light. A traffic light for no traffic. There is nothing north of Southwest 80th Street, and 49th Avenue stops "just yards south of Southwest 66th Street," as it says in the article. Even a four-way stop sign would be overkill!