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This is one of the most idiotic pieces of highway ...

2009-02-24T22:25:00.000-06:00

This is one of the most idiotic pieces of highway planning I've ever seen. It's like we found people who've never seen a car before to come up with the design.

This concept, as presented, completely destroys the idea of Slower Traffic Keep Right. You're asking larger, heavier, clumsier vehicles to cross faster traffic to get to the special "truck lanes". Then, they have to somehow cross all that faster traffic to get back to the exit again, without causing an accident. It boggles my mind.

If we must have slip ramps between carriageways, the inner lanes should be for cars only, with truck, slower vehicles, and vehicles about to enter and exit on the outside lanes. This preserves the Slower Traffic Keep Right idea, particularly when the inner lanes are given higher speed limits.

Or, scrap the slip ramp idea altogether and keep cars and trucks
separated throughout, similar to the plans for the Trans-Texas
Corridor. The only downside - this is prohibitively expensive to do.

A number of urban and suburban freeways in other states utilize a similar 4 carriageway arrangement, but either trucks are kept out of the center carriageways, or it's set up as a Express/Local arrangement, often with the center lanes having a higher speed limit to encourage their use by cars.

It's obvious the people behind this design have never actually tried this design out with anything more than slight traffic levels. If they had, the problems inherent with this design would become self-evident.

There wouldn't be an issue if they could just put ...

2008-05-07T22:14:00.000-05:00

There wouldn't be an issue if they could just put it on RAIL and then ship local from there. Looks like there needs to be more new RAIL (Train Tracks) built which would also help AMTRACK which would keep the number of cars AND trucks down. No more lanes. Just do the additional RAIL. MY .02

Just remember...MoDOT CANT do any improvements or ...

2008-05-07T08:04:00.000-05:00

Just remember...MoDOT CANT do any improvements or expansion to any mode of transportation without funding. And in a matter of two years the federal and state funding goes kaput. They are cash-strapped right now, trust me I work at MoDOT.

The general public has NO idea how much the various items that go into a roadway/railway/etc cost.

And lastly...thank our wonderful government (state and fed) for the great idea to suspend the gas tax. Way to cut funding for maintenance and construction even more!

Before you blow our tax dollars, don't forget you ...

2008-04-28T18:53:00.000-05:00

Before you blow our tax dollars, don't forget you still have lots to do in STL. I-64 is shut down, and 70 improvements are always 10 years behind the need. MODOT start thinking outside the box: commuter lanes past Wentzville on 70 and 64, and light rail systems. Your metropolitan areas is your tax revenue, don't forget it!

MODOT references Just In Time in the video, which ...

2008-04-28T18:47:00.001-05:00

MODOT references Just In Time in the video, which is a lean manufacturing process. If they really understand Lean Processing, they would know that providing a solution that encourages the problem is not the way to go. The problem, as we all know, is the rising fuel prices and uncontrollable oil dependence. MODOT should have implemented alternative traffic solutions by 2030. 8 LANES OF INTERSTATE ... come on guys... think outside the box!

MODOT references Just In Time in the video, which ...

2008-04-28T18:47:00.000-05:00

Good idea, but poor way to try and fund it. Accord...

2008-04-28T09:52:00.000-05:00

Good idea, but poor way to try and fund it. According to Senator Stoffer he is trying to put a .01 sales tax state wide to do this project on I-44 and I-70. When did the wake up call happen that the roads need to be fixed.

Other states addressed this issue years ago. Rest...

2008-04-25T09:59:00.000-05:00

Other states addressed this issue years ago. Restricting truck traffic to certain lanes is only a first step in many to make our roads safer. Speed limits for trucks also need to be reduced, Jake brakes and their noise outlawed, and law enforcemnet needs better training.

MoDOT is years behind other states and it shows.

It looks like a very viable solution, although the...

2008-04-24T21:08:00.000-05:00

It looks like a very viable solution, although the obstacle I foresee is cost. In my opinion, dedicated truck lanes would justify it being a toll road, which in turn would offset the cost.

Nice, dumb idea. Separate truck lanes. This could...

2008-04-24T16:16:00.000-05:00

Nice, dumb idea. Separate truck lanes. This could only emanate from a department of transportation that, by all appearances, considers its mission to be isolated to only addressing the "needs" of motor vehicles rather than ALL transportation needs such as rail, light rail, etc.

Rather than segregating road users, why not deal with the real issues?

Dedicated truck lanes would be beneficial in savin...

2008-04-24T10:55:00.000-05:00

Dedicated truck lanes would be beneficial in saving lives & reducing accidents. I'm sure the truck drivers would be glad to have their own lanes & not have to put up with cars. I recently saw a car (going less than the posted speed) pull in front of a tanker. It was a near miss. I'm glad the tanker driver was alert. Cars pulling in front of cars & trucks happens quite often at 70 & First Capital Westbound. The 2 right lanes are for right turns but they are not clearly marked. Arrows painted on the surface of Hwy 70 would help. Drivers don't realize the inside right turn lane is a right turn lane until too late, then they just pull over to the left in front of oncoming traffic. Painting arrows on the hwy now would be proactive instead of waiting for a tragic accident to take place and then taking some action.