Tuesday, April 03, 2007

While The Pieman Waits

Well, so far, we've managed to raise $90.25 for OCEAN.

That's really shameful.

But, it seems that the Pieman is still at work on Woodbury issues.

Here is what he just emailed to me - his suggestion for how to deal with the continual traffic tie-ups at the Thruway-6-17-32-Woodbury Common interchange.

(by the way - you too can email the Uncle at cuzzincookie@hotmail.com )


1, Build rotaries just north of Commerce and just south of Buena Vista
2. Lower speed limit to 20 MPH.
3. Remove all traffic lights.
4. No left turns.
5. 4 or 5 lanes each direction - outer two are merge lanes.
6. Post "Lane Changes Must Be Signaled" and "You Must Yield To Cars Signaling Lane Change"






Even with a low speed (20 MPH) and merge lanes, because the flow will be continual without any traffic lights, traffic should move faster than it does now.

So, does this make sense?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like the premise. The only question I have about it is, considering the existing roads, where would you build the roundabouts?

Anonymous said...

I believe that there is room available immediately south of Buena Vista and immediately north of Commerce.

Anonymous said...

How do you get traffic from the Commons to the thru-way without building on wet lands?