[Uptown] Erb/Bridgeport/Caroline/Albert Reconstruction

[ijmorlan]

So, you are claiming that people who are already driving on Erb St. W. and going mostly to Weber or the highway would turn left and head up on Bridgeport, even though only Erb St. E would have its lights synchronized eastbound???

Why would Erb have its lights synchronized eastbound as a two-way street?

And what makes you think (maybe some data? maybe?) that traffic on Erb West are "going mostly to Weber or the highway"? I wouldn't assume that. I would assume that some are going to Uptown or taking King to some other destination, some are going to destinations on or near Bridgeport/Erb, and some are taking Weber. A poster pointed out earlier that, sufficiently far west on Erb, and it makes much more sense to head south on Fischer-Hallman to the Expressway, rather than cutting through the heart of Waterloo (which we don't probably want cars to be doing).

Absolutely right. How many people drive on Erb Eastbound because they have to, but would switch to Bridgeport if they could? And in the reverse direction, how many people would prefer just to turn West on Erb St.? Who knows! We would need an origin/destination study to have any hope of figuring out the impact of making those roads two-way.

I do agree that anybody going right across the city is likely to stay on Erb once on it, but we don’t know what fraction of the traffic that is.