Northfield / 85 Exchange upgrades?

[tomh009]

Well, U-Turns are a different beast since every car has a different turning radius.  While it's a breeze for me to turn near-lane into near-lane in my smart, someone in a massive truck won't be able to do that. 

A "normal" full-size pickup truck (Forf F-150) has a curb-to-curb turning radius of 12-14m.  I think the LRT track width (including median) is about 8m, and two lanes of traffic (left turn lane plus the first lane to turn into) add up to about 7m, for a total of 15m.  (Someone with details please correct me if this is wrong.)  So even a full-size pickup truck (single cab with 6.5m or 8m bed, or extended cab with 6.5m -- the most common choices) should be able to make that turn.

A typical sedan turning circle is less than 12m curb to curb.

So I really do think this U-turn should work reasonably well.