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Traffic Engineers in Baton Rouge
Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:04 pm
What grade (A -F) would you give to the current engineers who design the interchanges and control daily traffic light cycles in Baton Rouge? Include those who want to push ideas like "road diets" , traffic calming, and metering cars merging onto the interstate.
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Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:07 pm to tonydtigr
It's not like there's a team of engineers in a control room somewhere with unlimited time, data, and funding to continuously control roads and traffic.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:08 pm to tonydtigr
I'll never understand why Nicholson around LSU has right turning lanes but not left turning lanes just to frick with everyone.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:10 pm to tonydtigr
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What grade (A -F) would you give to the current engineers who design the interchanges and control daily traffic light cycles in Baton Rouge? Include those who want to push ideas like "road diets" , traffic calming, and metering cars merging onto the interstate.
The current engineers more than likely had nothing to do with the issues they are faced with. As far as the measures they are proposing or installing, there is quite a bit of statistical data showing that they are effective. There is still not much they can do about a century of neglect by city planners
Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:12 pm to tonydtigr
There are some bottlenecks in baton rouge, especially in the college drive area, that can be improved 10 fold by slightly increasing the light cycle for that bottleneck light.
I get it that there isn't a person in a room doing calculations all day on this stuff, but whoever the frick gets the complaints on this stuff doesn't do a god damn thing with it.
Some directions get 2 minutes of green light while a bottlenecked left turn lane gets 7 seconds. I get the feeling that a change isn't made because those bottlenecks only exist for 20% of the day.
I get it that there isn't a person in a room doing calculations all day on this stuff, but whoever the frick gets the complaints on this stuff doesn't do a god damn thing with it.
Some directions get 2 minutes of green light while a bottlenecked left turn lane gets 7 seconds. I get the feeling that a change isn't made because those bottlenecks only exist for 20% of the day.
This post was edited on 1/29/16 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:15 pm to tonydtigr
These systems were designed years ago dummy
Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:20 pm to Lloyd Christmas
As a former traffic engineer in Baton Rouge, I can tell you that you are correct. It's very difficult to untangle this mess, particularly with a city which largely does not favor connectivity (mainly the NIMBY's). To add to that, the politics, lack of funding, and general ineptitude of the government agencies put further restrictions on what can be done. It's a sad state of affairs, and one of the reasons I changed sub-disciplines. It's very unfulfilling.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:26 pm to tonydtigr
This city is a clusterfrick
Been sitting in traffic one hour and gone exactly 7 miles
Been sitting in traffic one hour and gone exactly 7 miles
Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:27 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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general ineptitude of the government agencies put further restrictions on what can be done
This is the worst part, we are still approving the very things(no street grid plan, subsidizing sprawl, single entrance subdivisions, caving to NIMBYs, etc) that put us in this shite scenario in the first place.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:37 pm to Mullet Flap
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This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 11:11 pm
Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:41 pm to The Baker
Cad is jamming to some tears for fears enjoying another relaxing Nashville drive home
Posted on 1/29/16 at 6:00 pm to tonydtigr
Whoever designed the road system in baton rouge should be neutered so he can't reproduce
Posted on 1/29/16 at 6:07 pm to tonydtigr
I wouldn't put it all on the engineers. The amount of bullshite those guys have to wade through to get anything done is unbelievable.
It's just the nature of dealing with governmental bodies, workers & politicians where everything turns into a 3 ring circus.
It's just the nature of dealing with governmental bodies, workers & politicians where everything turns into a 3 ring circus.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 6:17 pm to Lloyd Christmas
Can someone define NIMBY for me please?
One thing I hated about Kip is that he kept tying in the streets and lights funding with that damn aquarium. I would've voted for the it every time if that aquarium and the downtown beatification project wouldn't have been part of the tax increase usage.
One thing I hated about Kip is that he kept tying in the streets and lights funding with that damn aquarium. I would've voted for the it every time if that aquarium and the downtown beatification project wouldn't have been part of the tax increase usage.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 6:19 pm to tonydtigr
What makes you think the current engineers had anything to do with the poorly designed infrastructure from years ago?
Also many a times the engineers are shot down with their conceptual ideas to alleviate congestion (ala the loop for 39 years now) because of politicians.
^^ a whole lot of this
Also many a times the engineers are shot down with their conceptual ideas to alleviate congestion (ala the loop for 39 years now) because of politicians.
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As a former traffic engineer in Baton Rouge, I can tell you that you are correct. It's very difficult to untangle this mess, particularly with a city which largely does not favor connectivity (mainly the NIMBY's). To add to that, the politics, lack of funding, and general ineptitude of the government agencies put further restrictions on what can be done. It's a sad state of affairs, and one of the reasons I changed sub-disciplines. It's very unfulfilling
^^ a whole lot of this
This post was edited on 1/29/16 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 1/29/16 at 6:21 pm to CoachChappy
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Can someone define NIMBY for me please?
Not in my back yard. Everybody wants a new freeway but nobody wants it next to their house.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 6:21 pm to CoachChappy
Not In My Back Yard
Posted on 1/29/16 at 6:26 pm to tonydtigr
I highly doubt BR has any traffic engineers
Posted on 1/29/16 at 6:30 pm to BoostAddict
Well allowing Southdowns Civic Association to hold this city hostage for 40 years in not allowing Lee Drive shows the courage of the politicians. I can assure you if I were elected I would tell them to frick themselves and four lane immediately. If I'm a one term so be it.
One entrance subdivisions should never be allowed when connectivity is available.
And the citizens need to step up and pay for it because waiting around for the state or Feds like we have been doing doesn't work. When we made the temporary pot hole tax permanent we were able to bond the money and start building. And they did. We need to fund it more. I'm not a big tax guy but I will pay when I know it is being spent right and we are benefiting.
One entrance subdivisions should never be allowed when connectivity is available.
And the citizens need to step up and pay for it because waiting around for the state or Feds like we have been doing doesn't work. When we made the temporary pot hole tax permanent we were able to bond the money and start building. And they did. We need to fund it more. I'm not a big tax guy but I will pay when I know it is being spent right and we are benefiting.
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