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Northeast / Re: What is it with I-95 & bri...

Last post by rickmastfan67 - Today at 12:18:19 AM

This was posted today...a  live feed of the demo/reopening progress:

https://share.earthcam.net/CTDOTNorwalkBridge/i-95_bridge/camera/live

Traffic is moving in what appears to be the eastbound direction. Other side still has a few more hours of cleanup and road striping I'd say.

That would be 'Northbound'.  It's now open.  The NB lanes took way less damage, since the tanker was on the Southbound lanes.

#2

Northeast / Re: NYC Roads

Last post by Rothman - Today at 12:10:09 AM

Something I dont see talked about here is how NYCDOT has been on a mission removing car lanes from the avenues and the major east-west thoroughfares in Manhattan. They have created a lot of congestion themselves (yes congestion existed before NYCDOT reimagined NYC Streets but it has gotten worse). The remedy to this artificially inflated congestion is to punish drivers by charging them a +$15 toll to enter Manhattan's CBD. In addition trucks will pay much larger tolls thereby increasing prices on food and other commodities. Obviously most NYC residents use public transit, however NYC residents rely on trucks to deliver food to various local businesses.

I just drove around Manhattan without much issue a few weeks ago.  I find your description to be an exaggeration.

8th avenue going from 5 through lanes to 2 lanes, car ban on 14th street for most hours of the day, taking a lane from seemingly all of the NYCDOT owned east river crossings, 3rd avenue going from 5 through lanes to 3, 2nd avenue going from 4 through lanes to 2 (from 23rd street to houston), 9th avenue going from 5 lanes to 3 lanes. 

I'm not seeing the issue.  Like I said, the system seems to be handling it.

The rationale for congestion pricing from the MTA is that congestion in the Manhattan CBD is so bad that we need to charge people a fee in order to discourage people from driving. So it doesn't seem like the system is handling it.

I thought we were saying that the goal of raising revenue for MTA was blatant in the planning docs, rather than congestion mitigation.

#3

Northeast / Re: New York

Last post by TheDon102 - May 04, 2024, 11:58:34 PM

Question for all of you, The small portion of I-287/NY-17 that isn't on the thruway mainline in Rockland county, is that portion NYS Thruway Authority or NYSDOT owned?

#4

Road Enthusiasts Meetings / Re: SWPA25 Road Enthusiast Mee...

Last post by PAHighways - May 04, 2024, 11:57:53 PM

Thank you again to everyone who came out today to White Oak to celebrate the silver anniversary of the SWPA meets and check out the current work on the Mon-Fayette Expressway (PA Turnpike 43).  Fortunately, the bulk of the rain hit after the tour.

We had three-fifths of the attendees from a quarter-century ago.  When we returned to the restaurant, Bruce Cridlebaugh said he should have asked his daughter to come, which would have made it four-fifths of the original attendees from 1999.

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Pacific Southwest / Re: Interstate 11 alignment, t...

Last post by pderocco - May 04, 2024, 11:53:39 PM

In that particular spot, it doesn't look like the gravel connection to Moccasin is official any more, because there is no break in the white line along the freeway edge. But if people do that sort of thing here and there, I doubt it's common enough to cause any problems, although they might get a ticket if a cop sees them.

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Pacific Southwest / Re: 🛣 Headlines About Californ...

Last post by pderocco - May 04, 2024, 11:48:54 PM

I didn't realize they had replaced the pavement on that part of I-10, from Desert Center to Wiley's Well Rd. I've come down 177 and gone west a couple of times recently, so I just missed it. I can't find any info on that on the Caltrans site, just on the current projects east and west of that. Does what you reported, about a damaged bridge, have anything to do with that, or is that repavement completely done, and now something else has cropped up in Desert Center?

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Northeast / Re: NYC Roads

Last post by TheDon102 - May 04, 2024, 11:48:40 PM

Something I dont see talked about here is how NYCDOT has been on a mission removing car lanes from the avenues and the major east-west thoroughfares in Manhattan. They have created a lot of congestion themselves (yes congestion existed before NYCDOT reimagined NYC Streets but it has gotten worse). The remedy to this artificially inflated congestion is to punish drivers by charging them a +$15 toll to enter Manhattan's CBD. In addition trucks will pay much larger tolls thereby increasing prices on food and other commodities. Obviously most NYC residents use public transit, however NYC residents rely on trucks to deliver food to various local businesses.

I just drove around Manhattan without much issue a few weeks ago.  I find your description to be an exaggeration.

8th avenue going from 5 through lanes to 2 lanes, car ban on 14th street for most hours of the day, taking a lane from seemingly all of the NYCDOT owned east river crossings, 3rd avenue going from 5 through lanes to 3, 2nd avenue going from 4 through lanes to 2 (from 23rd street to houston), 9th avenue going from 5 lanes to 3 lanes. 

I'm not seeing the issue.  Like I said, the system seems to be handling it.

The rationale for congestion pricing from the MTA is that congestion in the Manhattan CBD is so bad that we need to charge people a fee in order to discourage people from driving. So it doesn't seem like the system is handling it.

#8

Off-Topic / Re: Random Thoughts

Last post by Flint1979 - May 04, 2024, 11:45:30 PM

Why not just be open 24 hours?

I worked at a 24-hour Burger King for a while, and there was about a 30 minute period each day where we had to go cash-only because the registers were doing an end-of-day reset which totally locked us out of them. It wasn't a huge deal because the location was inside a casino food court, so people usually had cash on them. But if we were in a normal situation where everyone wanted to pay with a card, it would probably make more sense to just close.

I remember the McDonald's by my house that was open 24 hours in the drive thru and dining room (now just drive thru) and they would have a period of time where they were cash only because of the end of the day reset so I know about that. The local Denny's here in Saginaw used to run between 6am-4am and the two hours they were closed they were just closed to get the people out of the building, it was a spot where a lot of fights happened and a shoooting happened there as well. They are back to 24 hours now though.

#9

Off-Topic / Re: Mortgage Payments should b...

Last post by Rothman - May 04, 2024, 11:40:56 PM

That's our kernals...

Buyers bearing all the risk for their purchases?  The horror...

#10

Off-Topic / Re: Mortgage Payments should b...

Last post by Max Rockatansky - May 04, 2024, 11:39:24 PM

All this critique from the "non-home owner" is fascinating...