Here's one emailed from a reader: "We could also improve traffic by making better drivers. Step one: Use the existing laws to get people off of their phones! Traffic is constantly made worse by people who don't go when the light turns green because they aren't even aware of it!"
Bikes are such an efficient way to get around. People need to be riding bikes to commute and carpooling more. Many of these congested areas lack an easy way to do either. Some work has been done to create bike lanes in the city but connectivity to roads south can be rough. Traffic calming and bike/pedestrian ways would make that safer so people can also do their local traveling on bike.
I laughed when I read the quote that our center city street rank 8th out of twenty in surface quality. When you're spendin hundreds of millions on streetcars and light rail and resurfacing everything around it you might hope it would be better than eighth. Providence Rd has to be last along with many others heading South. It's ridiculous.
The road lane markings on I-485 near the airport are now non-existent. Driving at night near the airport is almost impossible to determine the proper lanes. This is an accident waiting to happen.
Do something about all the school drop-off/pick ups. Some states (NJ for one) totally ban doing this. Any pick-up/drop off for doctor, etc. have to be scheduled the day prior. We are paying for school buses, then paying for cops to direct traffic at schools, - and adding to pollution with all the cars sitting in line.
Here's one emailed from a reader: "We could also improve traffic by making better drivers. Step one: Use the existing laws to get people off of their phones! Traffic is constantly made worse by people who don't go when the light turns green because they aren't even aware of it!"
Who has other ideas for helping improve traffic congestion?
Bikes are such an efficient way to get around. People need to be riding bikes to commute and carpooling more. Many of these congested areas lack an easy way to do either. Some work has been done to create bike lanes in the city but connectivity to roads south can be rough. Traffic calming and bike/pedestrian ways would make that safer so people can also do their local traveling on bike.
I laughed when I read the quote that our center city street rank 8th out of twenty in surface quality. When you're spendin hundreds of millions on streetcars and light rail and resurfacing everything around it you might hope it would be better than eighth. Providence Rd has to be last along with many others heading South. It's ridiculous.
The road lane markings on I-485 near the airport are now non-existent. Driving at night near the airport is almost impossible to determine the proper lanes. This is an accident waiting to happen.
Do something about all the school drop-off/pick ups. Some states (NJ for one) totally ban doing this. Any pick-up/drop off for doctor, etc. have to be scheduled the day prior. We are paying for school buses, then paying for cops to direct traffic at schools, - and adding to pollution with all the cars sitting in line.