Stop, look, stop some more, stop.


NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Consider this when you’re at a red light:

New Castle has the most traffic signals anywhere in southwestern Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh.

In all, there are about 60 intersections in the city controlled by traffic signals. Some of those signals have multiple lights in case one isn’t working properly.

A program kicking off this month aims to help reduce those traffic lights or, at least, keep traffic flowing at a better rate to help eliminate some pollution from idling cars — and possibly save municipalities a few dollars on electricity and traffic light maintenance.

Read about this effort in Sunday's Vindicator and on Vindy.com