This is definitely true. When I'm cycling in to work, for a 2-mile stretch I have a choice of two roads: one is a major thoroughfare with lots of stop lights an

This is definitely true. When I'm cycling in to work, for a 2-mile stretch I have a choice of two roads: one is a major thoroughfare with lots of stop lights and a lot of traffic, and I personally find it extremely irritating to ride on. My other option is a parallel road which has very few lights but a large number of stop signs, and has significantly less traffic even though in theory it could carry almost as many cars. The cars would rather drive where the traffic lights may allow them to continue going for long periods (the light timings are actually pretty decent), but cyclists definitely prefer the road with the stop signs.