https://goo.gl/maps/s8fsFLDyMDhhjUMb6
The NB Garden State Parkway does not go to US 22 here.
... but that ramp does.
The ramp is not the NB Parkway.
I think the sign is more right than it is wrong. But, if I were designing it, I would eliminate the “north” and “to” since you can take that ramp to join NB and SB Garden State Pkwy and EB and WB US 22.
Agreed. For 82 WB traffic, this is the ramp to reach any direction of 22 and any direction of GSP. You don't take the parkway to 22 from here. You don't take 22 to reach the parkway from here. The ramp leads to both.
The simplest way of addressing it would be to just remove the words "NORTH" and "TO" from the existing sign, and then hope that the following signs all make it clear to drivers which way they should go. IMO a few key signs seem to be missing.
This is good. But I'd remove the "JCT".
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6946979,-74.2608222,3a,75y,52.31h,82.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ8ZywAxSc82XPim3nOATuA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192At the gore there is a prominent sign for GSP north, but no so much for GSP south. Even though GSP south is free, I would recommend a trailblazer of equal size in the gore for the southbound GSP and another reminder for US 22 to head to the right.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6949049,-74.2603717,3a,75y,52.31h,82.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqciTbxP2kYOdVnnAUoVqAg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192Who yields to whom over here? Perhaps a yield or a merge sign is in order here.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.695146,-74.2594511,3a,75y,104.04h,74.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR9S750ELPrtbH-r63_Qshw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192This sign certainly needs more. From the persepective of EB 22 drivers, the left ramp is for SB GSP, WB 82, and WB 22 (u-turn). But given that some WB 82 drivers are also seeing this sign a WB 22 shield and even the Somerville control should also be added here. There also needs to reassurance of some kind, ideally an overhead sign, that going straight will lead you to EB 22 to Newark.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6954412,-74.258677,3a,75y,95.16h,74.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swms8fwxqwwp620cNryLh3g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192Entrance ramps onto Highway A that are right before a major interchange with Highway B are always a little tricky. It is definitely a ramp to Highway A. But given the lane configuraions, often when you use the ramp, it is easier to take the exit to Highway B (which is probably the next right exit) then it would be to stay with Highway A (which may require multiple lane changes). So even if a particular entrance like this is more useful for highway B, it would still be an entrance to Highway A, as a technical matter.
Here's an example of another similar mistake:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1412309,-118.1541134,3a,75y,288.19h,79.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWxL4arw9DgBUfs0Hhf95yQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192This is an on-ramp to the 710 NB stub in Pasadena. It is signed as an entrance to WB 134, but it really isn't an entrance to 134. It also isn't exclusively an entrance to 134, as you can still reach 210 EB or WB from this ramp as well.
Other signs do let drivers know that you can reach either freeway here, but it still signed as an official entrance to 134.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1409302,-118.1541286,3a,15y,343.04h,91.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sne8aTaDGIOsz7DQnoGqDsQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192As the 710 project to connect Pasadena to Alhambra is basically dead, to the extent that the Pasadena stub is kept by Caltrans, it should get a new separate number (i.e. 789*) . Then this would be an entrance directly to that highway which leads to the other freeways. So signs can say: 789 north to 210 and 134 freeways and the freeway entrance sign should absolutely have the 789 shield.
* Random number
