[SDCBC] Gilman / I-5 interchange

[John Eldon]

Thank you, Serge. We have found some common ground on this one. To me, the
real danger comes from frustrated motorists jockeying for position. Get rid
of the meter at the end of the ramp and make the feed into the ramp
automatically self-metering through traffic calming. (We have a great
precedent -- CarTrance sees no need to meter the convoluted and naturally
slow Roselle to s/b I-5 ramp.) I still think squaring off that obtuse
wide-radius curve would help alot.

All the best,

John
  -----Original Message-----
  From: serge.issakov at gmail.com [mailto:serge.issakov at gmail.com]On Behalf Of
Serge Issakov
  Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:18 PM


  Needless to say, if it were up to me, I would get rid of the bike lane,
and look for traffic calming measures (but not speed bumps) to address the
issue here.  After all, during periods of high traffic volumes, everyone is
speeding just to get in line at the ramp.  As far as I can tell, there is no
reason to have to support high volumes at high speeds at this right turn, or
the approach to it.  So maybe some really narrow lanes, 9 feet wide,
planters at the road edge, and the median, perhaps a curve or two, etc.,
would help..  I don't think that a traffic signal is the right answer,
because it doesn't help at all when the light is green.  Maybe convert the
bike lane in question to a median with planters.  Stuff like that.

  Serge






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