This issue continues to be a problem. Please send someone from Traffic and Parking (if that is the responsible entity) to this area to time the light. You will see that vehicles waiting to cross Howard from Washington Avenue will have to wait 3-4 minutes with NO CROSS TRAFFIC before the light changes. The light takes so long that drivers will wait for a break in traffic and RUN THE RED LIGHT because it appears to be broken ... it takes THAT LONG!!!! All the while, traffic is backed up to Columbus Ave, where there is a school, a store, a post office, all with lots of traffic. And when the light does change, it is only long enough for 30-4 cars to get thru before changing to red again. That portion of Columbus is ALWAYS backed up between 8:15-8:30am and 4:30-5:00pm.