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tmoore952:
--- Quote from: 1995hoo on September 20, 2023, 12:17:37 PM ---WTOP reports that the FHWA is getting on DC's case about why the city hasn't done anything to implement the I-395/I-695/I-195 renumbering.
The radio station's tweets regularly refer to the eastbound location there as DC's "confusing exit condition."
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I heard the same radio report (I'm also in DC area). Mention was also made of signage (which hasn't been changed) not agreeing with GPS application maps that have been updated with the new numbering, and specifically of people backing up when they realized NB I-395 was taking them into Third Street Tunnel (old way) instead of eastbound to I-295 (which new routing would do).
I don't have reason to drive down there very much, but I know what roads go where down there, and I know where I want to go regardless of what the signs say. But those signs should be immediately replaced at this point if they are that misleading.
My general impressions of DC signage over the 20+ years I've lived in this area is "very poor", especially on the smaller roads (signs are generally way too small and hard to see). I try to avoid driving in DC in general, but if it is necessary, I stick to my tried-and-true routes. Speed cameras (recent addition as far as I am concerned) and my lack of knowledge of where they are is another reason I try to avoid DC.
1995hoo:
I take inbound I-395 (into the tunnel) fairly frequently as the most direct route to Union Station, but I don't pay much attention to the signs because I know which lane I need to be in at any given point.
WTOP has been crusading against the I-695 number ever since it was posted because their now-retired traffic reporter Bob Marbourg decided the number was too confusing given its use on the Baltimore Beltway.
Ted$8roadFan:
This is an agency based in Washington, D.C. laying down the law to the actual Washington city/district……so of course it can’t be simple.
1995hoo:
Channel 4 had a report about the issue tonight, although their graphics department personnel apparently think the Federal Housing Administration has some sort of authority over road signs:
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/fha-tells-ddot-to-address-confusion-on-i-395/3427649/
Edited to add: Dave Dildine contributes to that report, for those of you who'd like to put a face to the name.
davewiecking:
--- Quote from: 1995hoo on September 20, 2023, 08:57:10 PM ---Channel 4 had a report about the issue tonight, although their graphics department personnel apparently think the Federal Housing Administration has some sort of authority over road signs:
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/fha-tells-ddot-to-address-confusion-on-i-395/3427649/
Edited to add: Dave Dildine contributes to that report, for those of you who'd like to put a face to the name.
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Also amusing that the map Ch4 showed at the beginning shows a third numbering method (I-695 WB continuing west of the merge).
I’m sure part of DC’s reluctance is because they had just finished hanging new signs when the announcement was made the numbering was going to change.
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