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MikeTheActuary:
--- Quote from: Mergingtraffic on June 08, 2023, 10:44:33 AM ---Yep that came real fast. Earlier this year the DOT started a pilot program for speed enforcement in work zones and they’re like it won’t go farther than this. Now, I’m June here we are.
More money and ridiculous slow speed limits
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They were discrete lobbying efforts, I believe.
In theory, the requirement for DOT review should keep things from getting too far out of hand. (In CT, speed limits changes have to be blessed by ConnDOT. My street has a 30mph speed limit. The neighborhood campaigned to lower that due to some issues -- the street was a pre-European trail, and has issues with poor sightlines, no sidewalks, etc. -- but the town officials pointed out that because of the ConnDOT approval process and their current standards...if they submitted a speed limit change request, they would be obliged to increase the speed limit to 35 or 40.) Even so, I think I'm going to like driving through West Hartford (a particularly car-unfriendly town) even less than I do already.
Mergingtraffic:
“keep it movin’” is becoming less and less in CT. Think about it, every where you go there’s a lack of lanes, basic turn lanes or aux lanes (that other states put in w/o a 2nd thought), stoplights, crosswalks, stop signs, extremely low speed limits, passing zones that have been taken away, granny going 5 below the speed limit, etc.
I think there’s more aggression out there bc we can’t “keep it movin” as there’s always something slowing you down. You just want to drive at a good pace for a bit.
I drove from Bridgeport to Danbury today. It was brutal up CT-25. Then, you finally get to I-84 and you want to gun it a bit but you can’t bc it’s backed up.
I’m def not saying drive aggressive or reckless but driving at a good pace can’t be done in this state. But CT-25 should be a boulevard 4-lane of like 50mph between Trumbull and Danbury (think of NJ-17 or US-46 in spots in NJ) instead it’s 35mph tops!
Now, it’ll be worse with these towns, they will jump at the red-light and speed cameras. I can see Westport, Wilton, West Hartford jumping on it.
ON A SIDE NOTE:
Why is adding lanes or continuity of lanes such a hard thing to grasp in this state?
The new I-84 Exit 11 used to merge into one lane then open up to a pair or turn lanes at the stoplight. It’s since been widened to accommodate two lanes ALL THE WAY to the stoplight but it’s still goes down to one lane. Makes zero sense.
I’ve seen the DOT actually take away lanes on existing pavement.
connroadgeek:
--- Quote from: Mergingtraffic on June 08, 2023, 02:46:17 PM ---“keep it movin’†is becoming less and less in CT. Think about it, every where you go there’s a lack of lanes, basic turn lanes or aux lanes (that other states put in w/o a 2nd thought), stoplights, crosswalks, stop signs, extremely low speed limits, passing zones that have been taken away, granny going 5 below the speed limit, etc.
I think there’s more aggression out there bc we can’t “keep it movin†as there’s always something slowing you down. You just want to drive at a good pace for a bit.
I drove from Bridgeport to Danbury today. It was brutal up CT-25. Then, you finally get to I-84 and you want to gun it a bit but you can’t bc it’s backed up.
I’m def not saying drive aggressive or reckless but driving at a good pace can’t be done in this state. But CT-25 should be a boulevard 4-lane of like 50mph between Trumbull and Danbury (think of NJ-17 or US-46 in spots in NJ) instead it’s 35mph tops!
Now, it’ll be worse with these towns, they will jump at the red-light and speed cameras. I can see Westport, Wilton, West Hartford jumping on it.
ON A SIDE NOTE:
Why is adding lanes or continuity of lanes such a hard thing to grasp in this state?
The new I-84 Exit 11 used to merge into one lane then open up to a pair or turn lanes at the stoplight. It’s since been widened to accommodate two lanes ALL THE WAY to the stoplight but it’s still goes down to one lane. Makes zero sense.
I’ve seen the DOT actually take away lanes on existing pavement.
--- End quote ---
There are never going to be new lanes. What we have is what we have, and people just need to travel in off peak hours or be prepared to go really slow.
Plutonic Panda:
--- Quote from: connroadgeek on June 08, 2023, 09:38:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mergingtraffic on June 08, 2023, 02:46:17 PM ---“keep it movin’†is becoming less and less in CT. Think about it, every where you go there’s a lack of lanes, basic turn lanes or aux lanes (that other states put in w/o a 2nd thought), stoplights, crosswalks, stop signs, extremely low speed limits, passing zones that have been taken away, granny going 5 below the speed limit, etc.
I think there’s more aggression out there bc we can’t “keep it movin†as there’s always something slowing you down. You just want to drive at a good pace for a bit.
I drove from Bridgeport to Danbury today. It was brutal up CT-25. Then, you finally get to I-84 and you want to gun it a bit but you can’t bc it’s backed up.
I’m def not saying drive aggressive or reckless but driving at a good pace can’t be done in this state. But CT-25 should be a boulevard 4-lane of like 50mph between Trumbull and Danbury (think of NJ-17 or US-46 in spots in NJ) instead it’s 35mph tops!
Now, it’ll be worse with these towns, they will jump at the red-light and speed cameras. I can see Westport, Wilton, West Hartford jumping on it.
ON A SIDE NOTE:
Why is adding lanes or continuity of lanes such a hard thing to grasp in this state?
The new I-84 Exit 11 used to merge into one lane then open up to a pair or turn lanes at the stoplight. It’s since been widened to accommodate two lanes ALL THE WAY to the stoplight but it’s still goes down to one lane. Makes zero sense.
I’ve seen the DOT actually take away lanes on existing pavement.
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There are never going to be new lanes. What we have is what we have, and people just need to travel in off peak hours or be prepared to go really slow.
--- End quote ---
That’s a very sad state if true.
jp the roadgeek:
This state is slow in passing or improving anything, unless it’s a new revenue generating tool like a tax or an automated road pirate device. The roads are 1950’s infrastructure at best, with speed limits that were set in the 1970’s when cars had inferior technology compared to today’s standards. There are many main roads in my town with a draconian 25 MPH speed limit that are straight and could easily support a 35 or 40 MPH limit; this includes state roads. And intersections are so antiquated with no turn lanes that if one car gets too far to the right to make a left hand turn, the intersection will back up for over a half a mile. But yeah, let’s collect that dough on those ridiculously low speed limits and people getting caught in intersections trying to make impossible turns due to no arrows or lanes and do nothing about it.
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