Diverging diamond road interchange in Calgary is Canada’s first

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  1. RCO

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    Over here there's barely enough room for airports, never mind highway intersections.
     
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    Elevated roundabouts work quite well for cyclists and pedestrians. They're far lighter and cheaper to build than those for motor vehicles, and make the...uh...intersection safer for all.

    This diverging diamond idea is pretty neat. Keeping the traffic flowing while reducing conflicts is a good design.
     
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    Yes that definitely works. It pays to separate foot/bike traffic from motorised ones but of course it costs more and you need either enough foot/bike traffic to justify it or a road design that favours an elevated walkway rather than a crosswalk. (Either due to space constraints, safety or traffic volume or all of the above)
     
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    Do you suppose a secondary reason they work so well is because people HAVE to pay more attention going through them?
     
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    Then all of you would feel right at home in D/FW.

    There are a lot of odd pieces of traffic engineering around here, including the "flashing yellow arrow". Means turn left if you're in the left turn land and there's no oncoming traffic, even if the rest of your side of the intersection has the red light.

    Why they don't just put timers in the pads to change the signal to the green arrow is beyond me.

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    Agreed, you have to wonder why some stupid solutions get past the planning stage
     
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    civil servants. oxymoron.
     
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    Definitely! Same over here. They planned a road bypass scheme near here and engineers in the next county drew the plans. The idea was to alleviate huge traffic congestion which was particularly severe over the weekends. Their survey was conducted from midday on a Mondays (when they eventually arrived on site) until midday on Fridays when they left to be back in their office by 5pm. You can imagine how their ideas were the pits. :mad:
     
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    Looks like we'll be getting one on our road, but about 20 miles from us. Will The Diverging Diamond Fix The I-75/S.R. 56 Interchange? — Neighborhood News

    They want to start on it next fall. Road construction is so incredibly slow here that it's going to be a huge mess for a couple years. I like the idea, but we have such bad drivers here that I would not be surprised to see cars piled 60 feet deep. These drivers still haven't figured out that you don't need to stop before entering a roundabout if no on else is in the roundabout. :eek:
     
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    and then there's the drivers who don't stop even when there are.:cool:
     
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    Green arrow means go and you have the right of way.
    Yellow Arrow means you may go if there is no oncoming traffic.
    See the difference now?
     
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    Yes but a solid green light has also served the same purpose if you were in the left lane - yield to oncoming traffic. It saves money on having an extra set of lights. The only extra light you need is a solid green arrow to indicate that the left turn folks have the right-of-way.

    Another set of lights that bother me is left or right turn lane signals that you solid lights and a sign that says "Right Turn Signal" or "Left Turn Signal". You could've saved money on that signboard if you actually used red and green arrows. It causes less confusion (I've had people come to a stop on the green because they saw the red right turn traffic light and because the road curves around the right turn lane, the traffic light looks like it is for your lane when you approach it).
     
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    i need to go back to driving school.(n)
     
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    Some traffic lights in China have countdown timers so you know how many seconds of red or green remain. Is this found elsewhere?
     
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    great idea. only thing i've ever seen is for ped x-ing
     
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    I have seen that on some pedestrian crossing lights.
     
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    Pedestrian crossing lights in Chicago. Countdown until you get nailed.

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    Do the drivers use them like a drag strip countdown? :eek:
     
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    We have signs over here that say the upcoming sign has been removed!!!!
    I think most driver's don't need that much information, but worry for the clown who thought it was necessary to reveal that information in the first place.:mad:
     
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