Expo Line - Surrey Langley Extension: Planning & Pre-Construction

[BCPhil]

Originally Posted by xd_1771

Two lanes of eastbound will have to merge into one even after the interchange is finished
Heck this is just proving more that trying to fit two lanes into one would only result in inevitable transportation disaster.... it seems to always do. This portion is probably going to remain quite bad even after the construction (for 104th traffic)
Which is why I would've rather 104th EB merge onto the highway like this:

   __________________
__/  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
________________________

Than this:

               ________________
______________/  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _______________________
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
________________________

There always has been a merge, there always will be a merge. Traffic will always have to merge somewhere at some point, otherwise we would need a 20 lane highway at some points.

The way it will be arranged for Gateway is a vast improvement over what it used to be. The merge point where it is planned to be is going to be quite better than the old situation of the right lane suddenly becoming a turning lane, where many people didn't realize that until the last minute when they would try and get out of the right lane.

I really don't understand what you want, it is hard to tell from your drawing. Do you want 2 full lanes of traffic to run onto the freeway?

And while google maps is a good guide to traffic conditions, the little red and green lines aren't the word of God; they should be taken with a grain of salt.