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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do people say it would "suck" for high school kids to get on a highway to get to school?  It's not abnormal to get on a highway around here....it baffles me every time I read it[/quote]

Many people would prefer young drivers limit their time on interstate highways. Is that really that hard to understand?  [/quote]

I grew up here and took drivers ed here, and the first thing they do is take you on the highways due to the layout of this area and how you typically get around.  Many accidents happen on old keene mill/burke center pkwy/etc and not actually on the highways and involve stopped cars/traffic lights, so yeah....still not understanding it.  [/quote]

Coming from Bren Mar going to Springfield, you have to get on at Edsall and immediately merge over to the third lane from the right.  It's a tricky maneuver for many adults, at least based on the number of times I've almost gotten hit there.  I would not want a teen driver doing that until they get some more experience. [/quote]

Seconding this. I do this commute regularly and it is not an easy merge. The merge area is short, plus you have drivers getting to the right at the last minute to go to 495. 
The other option to avoid highways is a longer route and the kids will pass by Edison on the way to Lewis. A huge highway interchange should not be in the middle of a school zone. That does not build community [/quote]

The Woodson community is quite happy to extend from adjacent to the 495 beltway all the way to west of 286, so major thoroughfares and criss-crossing across the map is not the problem.[/quote]

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