re: The city of BR needs us to weigh in about Government Street.

Since this was a road transfer Baton Rouge got everything they wanted. It is there project

Medians were good to allow pedestrians to cross and to keep vehicles from getting into them to make a left 1/2 mile down the road. That’s why it’s called suicide lanes. Positioning and number of median islands were not well planned or designed. Approach noses and edge lines should have been offset. Mountable curb should have been used and approach diagonal striping.


3 lane section with a median is far safer than 4 lane undivided. Not much capacity difference because one left would shut down a lane and could make people do unnecessary lane changes (safety)