+1

Gridlock is a big revenue source because agents hide and surface to ticket people instead of help traffic flow. Kind of backwards.
HT is extremely bad as you have cars turning into your lane so you try to block them out but you can enter the intersection as the light turns green and still get blocked from moving in a cycle.

My trip if you must creep - verify you are outside lanes (not in the middle) and leave adequate space ahead of yourself to turn if light turns red on you. You can sit in the box but as soon as light turns red start turning away.
Note - sometimes gridlock on streets like 50th (don't allow turns) so simply wait until clearance.