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How Come The Garden State Parkway Doesn't Have Such a Strong Conservation Lobby?

Started by kernals12, March 01, 2021, 08:24:01 AM

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famartin

Quote from: 1995hoo on March 01, 2021, 09:22:50 PM
The idea of the word "parkway" automatically denoting a commercial vehicle restriction is definitely a regionalism.

I know you're thinking of the Fairfax/Loudoun/Prince William parkways, but even in DC, the Clara Barton/Suitland/GW Parkways are exactly as the name implies (in the NYC metro sense).

I kinda have long felt like the Fairfax/Loudoun/Prince William parkways should have the name "Parkway" removed... they have little to do with being parklike.  If anything, they are implying a bucolic drive where there really isn't one.


famartin

The only really "conservable" portion of the GSP is the old Route 4 section in Union/Middlesex, the section that still has some stone-faced overpasses. The rest is just a highway. Not really much worth preserving.

Honestly I'd like to see the NJTA invest in more stone-faced overpasses to make the GSP live up to the Parkway name a bit more. But I'd also like to see it upgraded to something closer to standard (particularly the express lane section lacking shoulders).  I'm pretty sure NJTA is much more likely to spend that money on the latter.

kernals12

Quote from: famartin on March 06, 2021, 09:33:32 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 01, 2021, 09:22:50 PM
The idea of the word "parkway" automatically denoting a commercial vehicle restriction is definitely a regionalism.

I know you're thinking of the Fairfax/Loudoun/Prince William parkways, but even in DC, the Clara Barton/Suitland/GW Parkways are exactly as the name implies (in the NYC metro sense).

I kinda have long felt like the Fairfax/Loudoun/Prince William parkways should have the name "Parkway" removed... they have little to do with being parklike.  If anything, they are implying a bucolic drive where there really isn't one.

The parkways in NoVA are well landscaped and have strict restrictions on development. I think they're pretty bucolic.

odditude

Quote from: kernals12 on March 07, 2021, 10:58:56 AM
Quote from: famartin on March 06, 2021, 09:33:32 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 01, 2021, 09:22:50 PM
The idea of the word "parkway" automatically denoting a commercial vehicle restriction is definitely a regionalism.

I know you're thinking of the Fairfax/Loudoun/Prince William parkways, but even in DC, the Clara Barton/Suitland/GW Parkways are exactly as the name implies (in the NYC metro sense).

I kinda have long felt like the Fairfax/Loudoun/Prince William parkways should have the name "Parkway" removed... they have little to do with being parklike.  If anything, they are implying a bucolic drive where there really isn't one.

The parkways in NoVA are well landscaped and have strict restrictions on development. I think they're pretty bucolic.

...this makes me think you've never seen the Fairfax County/Loudoun County/Prince William Parkways. Loudoun County Parkway, in particular, is just another suburban arterial highway - commercial and residential development everywhere and, of course, countless datacenters.

kernals12

Quote from: odditude on March 07, 2021, 02:06:16 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on March 07, 2021, 10:58:56 AM
Quote from: famartin on March 06, 2021, 09:33:32 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 01, 2021, 09:22:50 PM
The idea of the word "parkway" automatically denoting a commercial vehicle restriction is definitely a regionalism.

I know you're thinking of the Fairfax/Loudoun/Prince William parkways, but even in DC, the Clara Barton/Suitland/GW Parkways are exactly as the name implies (in the NYC metro sense).

I kinda have long felt like the Fairfax/Loudoun/Prince William parkways should have the name "Parkway" removed... they have little to do with being parklike.  If anything, they are implying a bucolic drive where there really isn't one.

The parkways in NoVA are well landscaped and have strict restrictions on development. I think they're pretty bucolic.

...this makes me think you've never seen the Fairfax County/Loudoun County/Prince William Parkways. Loudoun County Parkway, in particular, is just another suburban arterial highway - commercial and residential development everywhere and, of course, countless datacenters.
I did use google streetview.

1995hoo

Quote from: famartin on March 06, 2021, 09:33:32 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 01, 2021, 09:22:50 PM
The idea of the word "parkway" automatically denoting a commercial vehicle restriction is definitely a regionalism.

I know you're thinking of the Fairfax/Loudoun/Prince William parkways, but even in DC, the Clara Barton/Suitland/GW Parkways are exactly as the name implies (in the NYC metro sense).

I kinda have long felt like the Fairfax/Loudoun/Prince William parkways should have the name "Parkway" removed... they have little to do with being parklike.  If anything, they are implying a bucolic drive where there really isn't one.

No, I wasn't thinking of the arterials you mention, or at least not solely. The three you note with restrictions are National Park Service roads, so I distinguish those because they play by their own rules. There are all sorts of roads called "parkways" that don't have the sort of "No Commercial Traffic" restriction that's common in the New York area. True, oftentimes that word is just slapped on a road for no apparent reason.
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abqtraveler

Quote from: 1995hoo on March 01, 2021, 09:22:50 PM
The idea of the word "parkway" automatically denoting a commercial vehicle restriction is definitely a regionalism.
To your point, trucks were never prohibited on Kentucky's parkways, most of which are being promoted to interstates.
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interstatefan990

Wasn't "parkway" roughly the same thing as "interstate" before Interstates actually became a thing? They were the among the first network of limited access roads here in NY and elsewhere.
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