The 5-way intersection *intentionally* slows traffic - and thus adds to congestion.
If we are really concerned about congestion, regardless of what decision we make on the HCA, there are simple solutions (eliminating the stop signs on Lincoln and Bedford Roads or having a traffic officer posted for the morning/evening rush hours) and more involved/creative ones (rotary!). -Bob On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 9:36 PM Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> wrote: > What do we know about implications for the 5 corner intersection? > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 27, 2023, at 6:25 PM, John F. Carr <voxsciuro...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Table 5 of the traffic report shows intersection delays. > > For example, in 2020 about one car a minute made it > > through the southbound stop sign on Codman Road > > during rush hour. The volume and delay at this intersection > > may already exceed the threshold for a traffic signal. > > > > Lincoln Road capacity is limited by intersections. > > You can move a lot more cars along a lane of > > road than you can get through a stop sign. > > For ballpark estimating, the capacity of an intersection > > does not exceed 1,000 vehicles per lane per hour > > while the capacity of an unobstructed road is twice that. > > > > John Carr > > > >> On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 8:18 PM Bijoy Misra <misra.bi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I just saw a traffic study report posted at the town site. The report > date is Dec 20, 2020 > >> I don't know how the charge was stated, but it goes on counting cars at > various locations > >> and projects the expected cars as those locations under some > development criterion. > >> It fails to cite the critical quantity like traffic delays. One would > like to know the objective > >> estimate of transport time between Lincoln Station to Library crossing > (Five Corner) or > >> Rt2 lights if we put fifty extra vehicles in rush hour. What happens if > we put a hundred > >> extra vehicles? Software should exist to parametrize the road (speed, > bumps, curves, > >> children) and estimate the delays. > >> Then the recommendation could be how to release the bottleneck. The > report has many > >> left right numbers at intersections which I thought were useless. Will > the Planning Manager > >> or the Planning Board help unravel the purpose and the findings in this > document? > >> Best regards, > >> Bijoy Misra > > -- > > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > > Browse the archives at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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