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Re: Pedestrians aren't the only ones who matter.

Posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Jan 8 16:26:35 2017, in response to Re: Pedestrians aren't the only ones who matter., posted by JerBear on Fri Jan 6 16:53:59 2017.

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Yes all roads gave fluctuating volumes which is why DOT's logic that a solid three lanes throughout the corridor will reduce congestion is flawed.

There is a shift from four lanes to three at the two Long Island railroad crossings and when Woodhaven merges into Cross Bay southbound which cause bottlenecks. Yet there are others.

There also is one southbound at Rockaway Blvd where the left lane becomes a left turn lane when three lanes in the main roadway become two. But that one could be easily remedied by installing an exit to the service road at that point. When I suggested tha to DOT shortly before the SBS study began, they to,d me they couldn't do that because they would have to cut down a tree. Then they did their study and proposed to cut down hundreds of trees and now will install an exit lane there.

Traffic volumes also play a part in producing bottlenecks. Any place where traffic volumes increase causes traffic to slow down. So reducing the main road from three lanes to two lanes each way will greatly slow down traffic since it will only be possible to access the service road every quarter mile. Having three lanes that are contiguous would be much better for traffic even with exclusive lanes, but DOT eliminated that alternative.

So in short, the undue isn't only bottlenecks but capacity also, which us being greatly reduced. DOT is also sneaking in an exclusive lane from Queens Blvd to Elliot, allowing for only two lanes to turn left on Queens Blvd I stead of three, so they are introducing a new bottleneck there since more than two thirds of the traffic needs to tun left there.



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