01-23-2018, 09:09 AM
(01-22-2018, 11:32 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: I don't understand why they can't just add a second set of lights and stopping lines at the crosswalk that are synchronized with the Victoria / West intersection; otherwise you'll get vehicles stopping right on the crossing. No addition "flow" interruption along Victoria would occur (there would still be ~100m of vehicle storage for NB West to WB Victoria or SB Strange to WB Victoria vehicles).
The whole Strange/Victoria/West intersection is terrible and should be improved. As to your suggestion, I'm guessing that traffic modeling still shows an effect (even if in practice there isn't one), and traffic engineers are all about modeling.
That being said, the article is a bit frustrating, that it claims "balance"...balance shouldn't mean "continue to never EVER interrupt cars under any circumstances, even for the busiest most premier trail in the city". That isn't balance in my books.