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State would like to see fewer BR area motorists on the road during I-10 widening project
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:06 am
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:06 am
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Drivers: Stop your engines! State would like to see fewer Baton Rouge area motorists on the road
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The state wants Baton Rouge-area workers to consider carpooling to their jobs to get as many cars as possible off packed roads before another round of construction on Interstate 10 begins.
A total of 1,100 people are signed up to use the capital region's new ride-share app, Commuter Krewe. It remains to be seen whether the latest model will have an appreciable effect on traffic congestion around Baton Rouge. Previous ones haven't.
Advisers to the state Department of Transportation and Development declined to comment on how many of the 1,100 downloaders are actively using the app, saying it's still in the pilot phase. Still, if a ride-sharing program could take 1 percent of cars off the road, it would make a difference, AECOM consultant Derek Chisholm said.
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Commuter Krewe could just be the beginning. Chisolm and transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson want to install carpool lanes — also known as high-occupancy vehicle, or HOV lanes — though the logistics must be worked out.
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Authorities are hitting concentrated employment areas — state agencies, chemical plants, City Hall — and hoping their leaders encourage their staffs to carpool. Construction crews will soon widen I-10 between the Mississippi River and the I-12 interchange in Baton Rouge, so a reduced traffic volume will help.
In some states, employers are compensated when their staffs carpool at high rates. In others, like Washington, employers could be punished if not enough do, Chisolm said. He expects the Baton Rouge area to hew a middle path, neither paying nor penalizing companies for their carpool rate.
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He said it's a good idea that organizers are trying to seed the program by targeting large employers. Still, Baton Rouge probably will have to experiment until it finds out what's right for its particular circumstances.
Not sure if LADOTD or Baton Rouge area drivers could figure out carpool lanes. It took Livingston Parish 3 years to figure out lane meters, and they are still baffled by roundabouts.
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Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:07 am to dewster
Until employers realize that sitting at a desk in a cube is the same as sitting at your home office, traffic will suck for everyone..I know too many people that work for someone who equates butts in seats with productivity
This post was edited on 8/6/18 at 9:10 am
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:08 am to dewster
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would like to see fewer BR area motorists on the road
wouldn't we all?
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:09 am to MorbidTheClown
Seems like the state is trying to do what UberPool has already been doing for a long time.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:10 am to dewster
reasonable request, citizens won’t see it that way and will continue to complain
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:11 am to dewster
Maybe if our state had better public transportation, residents would consider it.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:12 am to J Murdah
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Maybe if our state had better public transportation, residents would consider it.
If there was a bus that went from Denham to our office downtown, I would still drive ... Its not always about having the transit systems
This post was edited on 8/6/18 at 9:13 am
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:12 am to dewster
This will be a complete disaster
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:14 am to J Murdah
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Maybe if our state had better public transportation, residents would consider it.
Seems like park and ride systems would be ideal, but the damn bus would still get stuck in traffic just like everyone else.
An HOV lane might be worth considering as part of the final I-10 design.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:17 am to dewster
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An HOV lane might be worth considering as part of the final I-10 design.
Certain people would still camp out in this lane doing 60 and then speed up when you tried to pass to them.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:17 am to dewster
Baton Rouge's biggest problem is the lack of avenues and boulevards that act as short cuts.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:17 am to dewster
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Baton Rouge-area workers to consider carpooling to their jobs
'We should pick him up.."
But he has an ax,
-yeah but he's got bud light"
This post was edited on 8/6/18 at 9:19 am
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:19 am to Napoleon
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Baton Rouge's biggest problem is the lack of avenues and boulevards that act as short cuts.
I think the under usage of the ones that do exist, is the issue..When I need to go downtown, I take Florida..People that sit in traffic and bitch, don't actively seek other ways to get to their destination
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:22 am to OceanMan
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reasonable request, citizens won’t see it that way and will continue to complain
Hard to get people to carpool when they are still going to be stuck in traffic. There are no busways in Baton Rouge.
And while the terrain isn't ideal for building highways, it certainly isn't impossible to add new commuter routes that don't rely on I-10 or I-12.
Louisiana basically needs a tolled turnpike system to run between Mississippi and Texas a few miles south of I-10/I-12. Something with very few exits that discourage commuter traffic. That could at least get some of the regional and interstate freight traffic off of the existing highway network. New Jersey and Pennsylvania have setups like that and it mostly works pretty well.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:25 am to GrammarKnotsi
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I think the under usage of the ones that do exist, is the issue..When I need to go downtown, I take Florida..People that sit in traffic and bitch, don't actively seek other ways to get to their destination
I think Waze is a very useful tool in places like Baton Rouge (or Pittsburgh). Hopefully more people are using it.
I think more people would use the old bridge if they could get to it efficiently. Airline doesn't flow very well, and still has multiple at-grade rail road crossings. It's just as volatile as I-10 during rush hour.
And then on the west side you still have to cut your way back to I-10 on LA-1 or LA-415 despite the vast amount of available space for more highway.
This post was edited on 8/6/18 at 9:27 am
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:26 am to GrammarKnotsi
Getting to some of those can be a problem.
If I was at Essen by the split, getting to downtown on the interstate basically means 10 to 110 to the exit.
Same trip through town means Essen to Jefferson to Government minimum, but probably branching from there to side streets like North Blvd to bypass some of the traffic.
Problem is that those main arteries are as bad if not worse than 10. And Government is about to get worse.
If I was at Essen by the split, getting to downtown on the interstate basically means 10 to 110 to the exit.
Same trip through town means Essen to Jefferson to Government minimum, but probably branching from there to side streets like North Blvd to bypass some of the traffic.
Problem is that those main arteries are as bad if not worse than 10. And Government is about to get worse.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:26 am to dewster
In Northern Virginia it's called slugging. You go to a commuter lot and pick up a couple of passengers that are waiting in a destination line (aka slug line) like the pentagon, Ft Belvoir, etc. so you can get in the HOV lanes. There are rules for passengers like no talking, no messing with the driver's radio, etc. Traffic still blows on 95, but it would be a nightmare without the HOV lanes.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:29 am to dewster
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State would like to see fewer BR area motorists on the road during I-10 widening project
With Sharon Broome in the mayor's office, there's already bound to be less people driving in BR at some point. At least during business hours.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:33 am to Teufelhunden
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Traffic still blows on 95, but it would be a nightmare without the HOV lanes.
IMO a reversible HOV Express lane strictly for buses and cars with multiple passengers should be part of the I-10 design between the split and downtown.
Some kind of commuter freeway spur between I-110 near the airport and northern Livingston would be helpful too. It may even encourage future suburban development to be less dependent on I-12. Just one exit sort of between Zachary and Central, another north of Watson, etc. Buy the right of way for future expansion towards I-55 when the need presents itself. Discourage local traffic by spacing the exits farther apart, not zoning any of the adjacent plots for retail development, and requiring a toll pass.
This post was edited on 8/6/18 at 9:36 am
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:34 am to Napoleon
quote:frickING this!
Baton Rouge's biggest problem is the lack of avenues and boulevards that act as short cuts.
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