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Damned funny, DD. I didn't realize there were so many traffic lights on your commute, thus I am even more impressed. Congratulations.
I had a run out from Corpus Christi yesterday past the little town of Artesia Wells (about 170-miles) then down 12-miles of lease road to a drllling rig. Several routes could be chosen (the main E-W ones) and I always choose the "bigger" road (shoulders, markings, etc) and fewest stops. (I'll make an exception for turns, somewhat). One of those routes has more than [18] stoplights thus I avoid it religiously as stop-n-go at 74k lbs is no fun at all; time or fuel burn. Even though "shorter" in road miles, but barely at all in elapsed time (as getting back to highway speed can take literal miles at this weight). The preferred alternate route is about 12-miles farther. There is no quesiton of better FE as a result . . a tradeoff somewhere between more miles and better overall mpg needing to be understood for each load and each vehicle.
I concur on the stoplights . . I tend to know their characteristics (in order to shift up or down as I approach based on traffic backed up; in order to not have to stop), and, as such, count "making the light" a daily high point.
Bet you know every crack in the road, don't you, ha!
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