[Uptown] Erb/Bridgeport/Caroline/Albert Reconstruction

[ijmorlan]

Why not two lanes?

One lane is absurd. Anyone who has witnessed the backups on Erb St W. eastbound whenever it is constrained to one lane would know what a cockamamie of an idea this is.


p.s. Two lanes would likely be enough (for the time being) , though I don't know any possible use to that extra lane.

I think the idea is that Erb and Bridgeport would each be one lane each way. So in fact two lanes in each direction. On top of which, I would expect that ample turn lanes would be provided wherever turning is permitted. So that would be one free-flowing lane on each street in each direction devoted entirely to through traffic. I think it’s far from clear that this would work poorly.

Personally I’m OK with the one-way roads, but they should have two lanes plus turn lanes, not sort-of-3-lanes-but-at-many-locations-the-third-lane-is-really-but-only-sort-of-a-turn-lane which is what we actually get. And from Caroline to King it’s definitely absurd for a one-way Erb St. to have three lanes — no traffic study required, just logical thinking.