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Baronjutter posted:The absolute worst solution that doesn't work is building wider highways, but we keep doing it. E: I found the webpage that I read earlier: http://t4america.org/2017/01/12/usdot-rewrites-congestion-rule-in-response-to-overwhelming-criticism/ CopperHound fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Jan 30, 2017 |
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CopperHound posted:I can't find the news post right now, but I think I recently read something about federal highway funding rules including more human factors than just level of service. Anyone have the details on this? SEMCOG's (Detroit Metro planning org.) transportation group says they're moving to regularity of travel times than LOS. It's kinda hazy to describe, but it's not about reducing travel time for the average driver (Which I think we've proven you really can't do), it's about making sure it's consistent. There's probably some weird formula that's similar but modified.
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So I just drove through Connecticut, Massachusetts and my god the snow is so awful the shoulders are just being cleaned off now. Also, CT loves to put random tunnels in roads, is this a common thing in New England?
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Feb 15, 2017 22:02
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The only CT tunnel I can think of is on the Merritt at New Haven and then there's some decking over the highway in Hartford.
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Feb 15, 2017 23:21
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Yeah, CT has literally one proper tunnel. Lots of bridges though. And a viaduct in Hartford.
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Chemmy posted:The only CT tunnel I can think of is on the Merritt at New Haven and then there's some decking over the highway in Hartford. That was the one! It was rather imposing!
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Feb 16, 2017 10:37
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The ridge features of Connecticut are why making a high speed rail line that doesn't go through the coastline a difficult proposition (aside from populated areas).
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Feb 16, 2017 23:06
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This is cool http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/an-old-highway-520-crossbeam-could-be-urban-ruins-honoring-anti-freeway-activists/ One day I hope all urban highways can be reduced to such ruins 
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Feb 22, 2017 02:12
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Eh that looks pretty stupid. It'd be much nicer for them to make the actual road built on top to be redeveloped into an elevated park, if they're going to be removing it from the road system.
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Feb 22, 2017 02:25
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This is how you solve medieval city center traffic problems in a modern world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGUcAg4W2hw
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Feb 25, 2017 18:03
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Okay, I have a question. In my town there is a light that has a protected left, but it also flashes yellow with a sign explaining that flashing yellow means left turn must yield, you know, for the morons! The thing is, the light will sometimes be flashing yellow when the through lanes are still red. Is this some kind of mistake, or can I turn left on red because of that stupid arrow? It seems like an odd thing so I never tried.
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sleepy.eyes posted:Okay, I have a question. In my town there is a light that has a protected left, but it also flashes yellow with a sign explaining that flashing yellow means left turn must yield, you know, for the morons! The thing is, the light will sometimes be flashing yellow when the through lanes are still red. Is this some kind of mistake, or can I turn left on red because of that stupid arrow? It seems like an odd thing so I never tried. The purpose of the flashing yellow arrow is to indicate to left/right turn drivers that they may enter the intersection and complete their turn after yielding to conflicting traffic. This prevents the "yellow trap," where the through traffic light turns red, but oncoming still has a green (people assume oncoming traffic is stopping, because their traffic is stopping, then *crash*). It's something traffic engineers have wanted to do for a while, but couldn't, due to the limitations of the old 5-aspect "doghouse" signal. No point in making you make an entire cycle if you got to an intersection 1 second too late if there's no oncoming traffic. Under no circumstance should you enter an intersection under flashing yellow, unless you know you can make it all the way through without stopping. The old "squat in the intersection then make a left when the arrow turns red" is NOT legal under a flashing yellow arrow in most of the states that have them. Varance fucked around with this message at 22:41 on Feb 25, 2017 |
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As far as I can tell, in my country this has been solved by giving every intersection with specific left-turn stoplights a separate left-turn phase. Seems to prevent a lot of dangerous situations, but being used to that does mean that whenever I cross the border, their "left gets green while incoming has green" always trips me up.
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Indeed. In Belgium they don't always do that, so the first time I encountered that kind of left turn I ended up blocking the oncoming traffic... In the Netherlands it's very simple - when you have the green light in a car, the way is clear, unless there are additional warning lights to watch for peds or cyclists. But not for other cars.
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Feb 26, 2017 14:06
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fishmech posted:Eh that looks pretty stupid. It'd be much nicer for them to make the actual road built on top to be redeveloped into an elevated park, if they're going to be removing it from the road system. Which would be vastly more expensive then leaving a small section standing as a reminder.
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Sri.Theo posted:Which would be vastly more expensive then leaving a small section standing as a reminder. You think the demolition of the rest of the stuff is free or something? Part of the reason those elevated parks exist is that repurposing existing elevated structures can be very cheap, especially if you don't plan to undertake elaborate landscaping on the elevated structure. They're often structures that can handle supporting their own weight and the weight of some people and vegetation just fine, they'd only become a problem for durability if you were to keep running tractor trailers or trains or whatever other heavy equipment they were originally meant for. So costs tend to be down to building access stairways/ramps from street level after doing limited demolition work to sever whatever road or rail connections originally fed into it. fishmech fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Feb 27, 2017 |
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Hello from AI! Anyone want to weigh in if I'm being a moron merging into a highway exit in the way I am describing here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3568842&pagenumber=535&perpage=40#post470094878 Specifically I am talking about IL Route 41 South merging into I-55. Thanks! Michael Scott fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Mar 7, 2017 |
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Mar 7, 2017 19:36
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If you're merging like the purple guy in that example, you're being a gigantic douchebag and should kill yourself.
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Mar 7, 2017 20:35
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Could you post a map or link to one because there is no Illinois Route 51. From what you're describing in the thread you sound like a total jackass who should be pushed into a ditch.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:If you're merging like the purple guy in that example, you're being a gigantic douchebag and should kill yourself. Definitely not like that. However, I've already found the answer is to merge as soon as safe, not try to zipper merge there. Nevermind! Also it was U.S. Route 41 in IL, my mistake. 
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Mar 7, 2017 21:44
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Cities should save money by using smaller signs.
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Mar 9, 2017 03:45
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If you thought your local city council meetings were bad, be glad you're not in a country where people have nothing more pressing to discuss: https://vimeo.com/207997372
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I would talk for 10+ hours to defend the honour of trams. gently caress the tram haters and their insane arguments. It also sounds like the project already passed, what are they arguing about? An expansion? http://www.tampere.fi/en/city-of-tampere/info/current-issues/2016/11/10112016_1.html Baronjutter fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Mar 13, 2017 |
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Mar 13, 2017 23:01
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Baronjutter posted:It also sounds like the project already passed, what are they arguing about? An expansion? http://www.tampere.fi/en/city-of-tampere/info/current-issues/2016/11/10112016_1.html
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Mar 14, 2017 07:25
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I expect lunacy like that from public comment, but those were all council members?
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Mar 14, 2017 14:22
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I'm still having trouble getting over 67 council members for a town I've never heard of.
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Mar 14, 2017 14:24
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In a small enough community, I suppose the competency for politics is as hard to come by as other competencies.
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Mar 14, 2017 23:54
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Some towns have ridiculously big councils in the name of "local representation". More members = more democracy and representation, the more local the government the better. Who cares if meetings take multiple days to talk about the parking variance the drug store wants, gotta make sure every possible opinion is given hours and hours to talk.
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I swear the only reason our local big city still has parking space requirements is so they can drag every project before the zoning board for a variance. They certainly don't actually want anyone to put in parking lots downtown.
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smackfu posted:I swear the only reason our local big city still has parking space requirements is so they can drag every project before the zoning board for a variance. They certainly don't actually want anyone to put in parking lots downtown. That's not uncommon.
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FISHMANPET posted:I'm still having trouble getting over 67 council members for a town I've never heard of. It's the third largest city in Finland, with 230,000 people in the city proper or so. It's also never happened to get a public transport system within the city other than buses. Between independence from Imperial Russia and World War II, various plans were made for a tram system but none were actually completed before the Great Depression put them on hold and the wars with the Soviets and WWII in general also put it on hold. After the wars, they instead built a trolley-bus network but all those routes were reverted to regular bus service after a few decades. They also haven't really had proper commuter rail, although the various intercity rail routes to elsewhere in Finland have a few schedules and stations that kind of work for that. They do plan to build a commuter rail system using existing tracks and new stations though.
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Mar 15, 2017 15:03
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But train wheels hurt children more than bus wheels, ban trains.
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Mar 15, 2017 20:18
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https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/meet-the-artist-using-ritual-magic-to-trap-self-driving-cars Ancient magic stops lets you bind self driving cars to this plane allowing you to make a skill check to subvert them to your cause.
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I had to check what thread I was in after that.
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yikes: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/large-fire-shuts-down-interstate/507589453
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will_colorado posted:yikes: Looks like georgia needs cc myers.
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Mar 31, 2017 04:07
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will_colorado posted:yikes: I guess that bridge wasn't made of steel beams.
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In other news, Cycle superhighway 6 is being extended in London. Which is good when you look at the numbers it's carrying now. https://twitter.com/e14cyclist/status/848206815104053249. I do wonder how useful consultations are though, as they have become seen as almost legitimising schemes in London these days outside of the democratic process. https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/roads/west-smithfield/
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Deteriorata posted:I guess that bridge wasn't made of steel beams. 
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Does car noise increase with car speed? I am curious because I tend to see lower limits on urban highways vs rural highways and I am wondering if that is a reason (drove through central CT and the I-84/i91 interchange)
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