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Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:17 pm to 50_Tiger
Why doesn't my roads not be more smooth is the question I asketh.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:18 pm to slackster
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Because by and large, Louisiana has the vision of Ray Charles. Essentially everything that is done and will be done in this state is reactionary.
I honestly don't know of any other places in the country that places a value on service roads on the majority of its highway systems like Texas does.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:19 pm to MorbidTheClown
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why doesn't you pay attention in class?
To be fair I get paid to write code.
Edit: Changing Title to actually have a real discussion.
This post was edited on 11/15/17 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:20 pm to c on z
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honestly don't know of any other places in the country that places a value on service roads on the majority of its highway systems like Texas does.
I think mostly because its done by a third party in most major cities.
This post was edited on 11/15/17 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:21 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Houston's are impressive
I was driving from Houston to Dallas once and could see taillights from stopped traffic up ahead on the interstate. When I got to the back end of the stopped cars, I found that the stopped cars only reached back from the wreck to the nearest off ramp upstream of the wreck. Almost everyone was calmly exiting the interstate and getting on the service road, driving past the wreck holding up traffic, and re-entering the interstate downstream of the wreck.
Those people who had passed the last off ramp upstream of the wreck and got stopped were only stopped for a short period of time because they weren't stopped that far from the actual wreck and it didn't take long for those few cars who were stopped to be able to get around the wreck and back on their way.
It was a beautiful thing to see how a properly designed interstate and service road with very regular on and off ramps works. Of course, this was out in the burbs and not in downtown Houston, so it may not work at all in the cities, but it worked where I was.
This post was edited on 11/15/17 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:21 pm to 50_Tiger
They can't even keep the roads from falling apart, much less design and build new, useful infrastructure.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:23 pm to 50_Tiger
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Edit: Changing Title to actually have a real discussion.
You made it worse.
Just put "Why don't LA major highways have service roads?"
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:24 pm to 50_Tiger
Because LA DOT is a clown show.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:25 pm to MorbidTheClown
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Because the same people who taught you grammar taught our civil engineers how to construct highways
yup, LADOTD has to be the county's worst at planning. Why didn't they get an additional 100' of right of way when planning new roads? Why you ask....for future widening. But no let people build schitt so 20 years later you have to buy them out so you can widen it.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:25 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Practically every major city in Texas has service roads.
Houston's are impressive
Because they plan ahead and invest in infrastructure.
Keep telling all the folks moving from Louisiana to TX, dont be afraid of shiny new steel beams going up everywere and investing money in schools.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:27 pm to slackster
It's actually
Why do LA highways not have service roads?
So laugh at yourself.
edit: And have a downvote.
Why do LA highways not have service roads?
So laugh at yourself.
edit: And have a downvote.
This post was edited on 11/15/17 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:28 pm to 50_Tiger
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Is this just some ideology LaDOT refuses to adopt?
I could tell you but then would have to kill you.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:31 pm to 50_Tiger
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Changing Title to actually have a real discussion.
quote:
Why LA Major Highways do not have service roads?
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:33 pm to 50_Tiger
If LA built service roads, there would be less money available to line the pockets of politicians and their road construction buddies. Duh 
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:33 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:34 pm to Mudminnow
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Keep telling all the folks moving from Louisiana to TX, dont be afraid of shiny new steel beams going up everywere and investing money in schools.
Yep! My mom was in town for the last 10 days and she was shocked at how easy it was to get around considering the size of DFW.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:36 pm to StrongBackWeakMind
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Why doesn't my roads not be more smooth is the question I asketh.
Hydraulic fracturing from the soil holding high amounts of moisture
Lousiana's soil is also transitient due to the lack of a true bedrock
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:37 pm to SpeckledTiger
quote:this is one reason and the other reason is the City government allowing developments to be build right up to the interstates ROW. doing that makes buying back that land way to expensive.
because people in Louisiana don't like to pay for shite. they just wait for handouts that often don't come.
This post was edited on 11/15/17 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:38 pm to 50_Tiger
quote:
It's actually Why do LA highways not have service roads? So laugh at yourself. edit: And have a downvote.
:lol, "Why don't LA major highways have service roads?" is grammatically correct too.
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