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The news of Midtown Crossing's upcoming retail plans has inspired Racked readers to sound-off on the area's pesky traffic light sitch. Guest #2 rants about the light that was installed at the exit of the Lowe's parking lot: "Driving west on Venice to San Vicente was a dream until this developer paid off some councilman or something to get this horrible traffic light. It gives the Lowe's parking lot a two minute green... in my whole time commuting by this I have seen a total of three cars exit this lot. whoever hear of giving a parking lot the dominant light against a busy main street's traffic flow? It's so annoying!!!" Guest #7 adds: "I think the traffic lights were set as if all the stores (and their anticipated patronage) already exists. It probably will make a lot more sense once all the stores open, but right now they are pretty long for the traffic generated by Lowe's alone." [Previously]