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Lane merge here is very dangerous with drivers trying to jump ahead of the line of traffic and cut their way in. Right land should end at S. Lake intersection with a "right turn only" lane and cars going straight in left lane should continue into one single lane eastbound on the other side of the intersection, which is where they're going to wind up in a few feet anyway. Stopping this opportunity to "fight for position" in the line would make this area move much more smoothly and safely. I have been almost hit here numerous times.
19 Comments
M.Mitchell (Registered User)
Mary (Guest)
Tom H (Guest)
bottlenecks - R - us (Guest)
Everyone probably agrees with the fact that the entire strecth should have been 2 lanes. But, for whatever reason, they chose to go with only one lane in those areas.
Since everywhere there is 2 lanes, they always funnel into one lane (in front of S.Lake & in front of walmart) it might be faster to just have a single lane up and down hoosick street with a middle turning lane.
The bottle necks are the cause of all the stop and go traffic on hoosick. Itf there wasonly one travel lane, there couldn't be a bottle neck right?
2 lanes in some areas and one lane in others is absolutely insane. Who designed and who approved that whole hoosick street corridor anyway?!
sharon (Guest)
Carolyn Murray (Guest)
police-what? (Guest)
What can the police do though? It is currently not against the law to ride up that right lane and wedge your vehicle into the left lane at the last possible second.
The DPU first needs to designate the right lane as a right turn only lane and then, the police can start enforcement.
William J (Guest)
Jones728 (Guest)
tommy t (Guest)
John (Guest)
"Itf there wasonly one travel lane, there couldn't be a bottle neck right?"
With the number of tractor-trailers that drive up Hoosick Street every day, moving to a single travel lane along the entire stretch would only make traffic worse heading east and uphill. With only one travel lane, traffic would be stuck behind every truck that goes up Hoosick Street, with no legal way to pass.
Also, considering traffic entering Hoosick Street from the Collar City Bridge is already traveling in two lanes, where would you propose reducing it down to one travel lane? You'd be creating a bottleneck regardless.
Mary (Guest)
Mary (Guest)
Bob (Guest)
Amy (Guest)
Brunswick (Guest)
Proper merging in that spot would speed the flow of traffic dramatically, help to eliminate back up all the way to 15th St. and make living, working and shopping in Brunswick so much easier. Every business person in Brunswick has to listen to customers all day say how "some idiot" almost ran in to them or tried to run them off the road by Walgreens. That idiot is the person who refused to allow merging!
Fed up (Guest)
dobert (Registered User)
Closed Cathi (Guest)