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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a nutty and ignorant  thread.

The city hasn't even finished implementing the road diet or tweaking the traffic signals to make all of this work.

The road wasn't reduced from 4 to 2 lanes.  In most stretches of the road it has always effectively been 1 lane moving in each direction because of cars queued up to make left turns and there is now a dedicated left turn lane so once everyone figures out the new traffic pattern it is likely to be a wash.

Yes in some sections of the road between intersections you won't be driving as fast because traffic will be confined to one lane.  [b]Yes, afterall 1 or 3 mph is not as fast as 25 to 30 mph.[/b]

But around the intersections the roads carrying capacity will be about the same as before.  [b]“About the same” is subjective nonsense.  Care to share some data, Professor?[/b]

The carrying capacity of a road is determined not by the top speed but by the average speed and the average speed isn't likely to budge much and during the AM and PM rush hour it has always been a bit low and the rest of the day Seminary has way more capacity than needed.  [b]Again, data, Professor?[/b]

And I love the comments about no one seeing bikers on a project that is not even completed yet - did you expect some magical pied bicycle piper was going to lead all the cyclists out onto the road on the first cold week of the year?  It will take time before people are aware the bike lanes are even there and change their habits to use them.  [b]Ah, so I see there’s some social engineering afoot here as well.  You essentially just admitted that there is not enough current demand for the bike lanes, but once they’re constructed, the city expects residents and commuters to happily ditch their cars and pick up a bicycle.  This is wishful baloney.[/b]

This type of road diet is actually pretty common and has worked well elsewhere including in our region and it works because it really doesn't reduce the roads carrying capacity very much.  [b]Care to cite some examples, Professor?[/b]

But expecting anxious drivers around here who can't zoom around as quickly as they want to in their imported SUV's to be patient is obviously too much.  [b]Ouch!  What an insult!  How long did it take to dream that zinger up???[/b][/quote][/quote]

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