Streets/traffic/roads

[jdross1982]

how could they be accessed "differently"

The Eddies could be accessed better from Coltrane than 2nd. Same for the Best Western if they put in an access road. Both Daily Living Center and Meineke could be accessed from Wade Martin.

The point is, all of the curb cuts cause disruption to the flow of traffic and if planned better initially, could prevent a lot of issues. It shouldn't take 30-40 minutes to drive from West Edmond to East or East to West but it does unless you take the turnpike which is at the southern point of town.

[BoulderSooner]

The Eddies could be accessed better from Coltrane than 2nd. Same for the Best Western if they put in an access road. Both Daily Living Center and Meineke could be accessed from Wade Martin.

The point is, all of the curb cuts cause disruption to the flow of traffic and if planned better initially, could prevent a lot of issues. It shouldn't take 30-40 minutes to drive from West Edmond to East or East to West but it does unless you take the turnpike which is at the southern point of town.

2nd street is a city street not an expressway .. it is designed appropriately ..

[jdross1982]

Not efficiently.

[mugofbeer]

2nd street is a city street not an expressway .. it is designed appropriately ..

If you drive suburban main arteries in many cities, there is a notable limit in how frequently there are curb cuts and distances from a main intersection to the first curb cut. Older streets are like May Ave, SW 29th or 2nd but newer main arteries limit cuts and setbacks.

[traxx]

If you drive suburban main arteries in many cities, there is a notable limit in how frequently there are curb cuts and distances from a main intersection to the first curb cut. Older streets are like May Ave, SW 29th or 2nd but newer main arteries limit cuts and setbacks.

Can you give an example in another city of a suburban main artery done correctly?

I see that there is probably some merit to this thought, however, I still feel like having way too many stoplights carries more of the burden of it taking 30 minutes to get from east Edmond to west Edmond. Even if the curb cuts were reduced, we're still sitting and waiting at all of these lights. Waiting for them to turn green only to be stopped again in a few hundred yards.