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ImpoliteArchitect t1_je756eo wrote

Reply to comment by J-Colio in Has there ever been anything less effective than these Stop for Pedestrian signs on Cary Street? by Dog_Dad_1989

i always appreciate an engineer who not only dismissed ideas for better safety and use, but also fails to provide any kind of alternative. these are the folks who design Richmond, ey?

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J-Colio t1_je7ezg9 wrote

I don't know, maybe DUI checkpoints.

Cary isn't a hard road, yet drivers manage to fuck up. We do our best, but you can't design stupid out. MOST of Cary is as straight as an arrow. There's like what, two bends near the VCU area? How hard is it to just go slow? You could do things like Franklin where you narrow the travel lane and eliminate parking so the road 'feels' narrow which naturally slows drivers, but unless you want a constant 4 inches of water to drive through every time it rains, geometric changes to most of the road isn't going to be feasible - ESPECIALLY given current design standards.

If you look at how many inlets are out into new facilities it's crazy. Every manhole structure is like $6k a pop EASY.

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turnipmeatloaf t1_je9bkgx wrote

Never trust an American road engineer. They’re the ones that ruined our cities

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