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pianocello

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Re: Florida
« Reply #3775 on: March 17, 2024, 03:16:50 PM »

I'm also worried about the traffic signals on either side of the interchange, if the University Parkway DDI in Sarasota is anything to go by that creates a lot of congestion the DDI design can't fix.
I feel like the reason the Sarasota DDI doesn't function as well as intended is because there isn't any other way to get from one side of the Interstate to another. Which doesn't bode well for Sand Lake Rd either, since the nearest crossings on either side are a few miles away at Universal Blvd and Central Florida Pkwy.

It's unfortunate that a lot of traffic issues across Florida can be explained by the fact that there aren't a lot of streets that go through, but it's too late and/or costly to do anything about that.
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Re: Florida
« Reply #3776 on: March 17, 2024, 08:16:37 PM »

Development in Florida was ad libbed. It wasn’t carefully planned like the city and county proposing a road network to handle future growth.
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Re: Florida
« Reply #3777 on: March 18, 2024, 09:40:48 PM »

I bet it'll be somewhat safer when the loop ramp to SB Turkey Lake Rd from WB Sand Lake opens and the final road shoulders are in place, but I'm surprised they switched it to a DDI at this point in the process.

That is one complicated looking reverse jughandle *ducks*
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Re: Florida
« Reply #3778 on: March 18, 2024, 10:10:28 PM »

Right now that DDI must be clogging the current Turkey Lake Road intersection west of it.
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