04-07-2015, 09:45 AM
(04-05-2015, 09:52 AM)BuildingScout Wrote: A well designed drive through causes no traffic problems. For example, the one for the McDonalds in King and Columbia. This is a busy intersection, yet I can't recall a single time that I was inconvenienced by the McDonalds there.
During rush hour it actually is bad. There frequently is "grid lock". People trying to leave the McDonald's block traffic when they try to turn left, causing traffic heading eastbound on Columbia to stop and back-up into the intersection of Columbia/King. That stretch of Columbia is brutal in the morning and late afternoons during the week. I avoid it and go down Weber Street now. If you look at the redevelopment plan for Columbia, you will notice they are planning to eliminate left-hand turns onto Regina from Columbia when traveling westbound. How/why McDonald's would be except is beyond me. That McDonald's should really become an urban format soon. That means eliminate the drive-thru, the area won't be able to handle the traffic in the next 5 years. Entry and exits should move to being on King (for northbound only) and Regina Streets for their deliveries and limited parking.