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re: Big changes to E Boyd and Burbank coming---Update with VIDEO--signs now
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:47 pm to fightin tigers
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:47 pm to fightin tigers
quote:Do you even BR traffic bro? During the school year, that could tack on a lot more time than that.
By the map in the OP it looks to add 1 minute on to someone's commute.
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Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:48 pm to More beer please
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There were 2 wrecks yesterday at this exact location bc of the change.
I think it is inept drivers not the road configuration. Same type of people who drive in the rain with emergency lights on.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:49 pm to When in Rome
They should have fixed Brightside/Nicholson instead.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:50 pm to When in Rome
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Do you even BR traffic bro? During the school year, that could tack on a lot more time than that.
If it tacks on more than a minute you should be walking it.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:51 pm to fightin tigers
You really have no clue about this area do you
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:51 pm to fightin tigers
Yes but the old configuration insulated us against the ineptitude. We used to have an almost-direct route to campus and could avoid almost all traffic. Not to mention the ability to directly get to highland and thus the interstate. All routes have become longer. Not just to campus.
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:52 pm to More beer please
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clearly y'all haven't been around this area recently during high traffic times. Especially with college aged kids driving.
I'm in that area daily. As I said earlier, I've learned that the shortest route may not be the best. This isn't complicated, kids.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:53 pm to Golfer
It's frustrating that you keep saying that. Just because that can be true doesn't mean that in this case it's true. In this case, the old way was better. Period.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:54 pm to Golfer
So what happens when everyone decided not go take the shorter route? Or when it's football season, or baseball?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:54 pm to More beer please
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You really have no clue about this area do you
Used to go through about three times a week. Haven't been in about a 10 months. Things must have really changed.
Honestly, if I lived it that area I would be walking to campus every day that I could. I get that not everyone has the same desires though.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:56 pm to fightin tigers
I will probably walk. I lived in highland village II last year and walked to school every day. But on rainy days or days on which I will be at school past dark, I will not walk.
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:56 pm to When in Rome
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It's frustrating that you keep saying that. Just because that can be true doesn't mean that in this case it's true. In this case, the old way was better. Period.
I see this as clearing up traffic on Burbank and helping it flow while marginally increasing the commute for a handful of people.
Win for BR traffic.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:58 pm to fightin tigers
If people learn how to use the light properly 
at this point it's just causing more traffic and accidents. But I do see that side too. I think they should have waited until Parker to Nicholson is completed though.
at this point it's just causing more traffic and accidents. But I do see that side too. I think they should have waited until Parker to Nicholson is completed though. Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:59 pm to fightin tigers
yeah increase the flow on Burbank, great. Now Rome, you walk your happy across a now even busier Burbank right there at e Boyd. A little contradictory don't you think?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 6:01 pm to More beer please
Well that will never happen. Ill have to cut through the Mellow parking lot and take the crosswalk at Parker and Burbank. But I think that pedestrian light happens at the same time as the turn signal, so getting hit will still be a possibility since everyone will be using Parker to go left on Burbank now! it's pretty funny.
it's pretty funny.This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 6:02 pm to When in Rome
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If people learn how to use the light properly
No doubt. This trial period is stupid, should have just ripped the band-aid off
Posted on 7/9/14 at 6:07 pm to fightin tigers
I think the only way BR drivers will understand how to treat the intersection like DOTD wants is by making burbank a perpetual green light and putting a stop sign with those divider sticks for right only on Boyd. I'm not even kidding. It's that sad.
ETA or some guy in a penguin suit holding a sign that says "DONT STOP!!!111!1"
ETA or some guy in a penguin suit holding a sign that says "DONT STOP!!!111!1"
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 6:08 pm to More beer please
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you walk your happy across a now even busier Burbank right there at e Boyd.
Legitimate concern. Had the thread been about this I could have gotten behind it.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 6:10 pm to When in Rome
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by making burbank a perpetual green light and putting a stop sign with those divider sticks for right only on Boyd.
Probably should have done this from the beginning.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 6:24 pm to fightin tigers
My roommate just took two minutes of hilarious video at the intersection. Will upload soon.
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