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Originally Posted by esquire
I could not agree more. Those are treacherous for pedestrians and completely out of place in an urban setting. Frankly they're inappropriate even in suburban settings or anywhere that isn't an expressway. Who ever thought that it was a good idea to put in these slip lanes that get drivers to focus to the left when there are pedestrians coming from the right... just a terrible idea.
There needs to be a concerted effort made to eradicate the most egregious slip lanes like the one you mentioned.
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The city absolutely loves channelized right turns. I think it might have to do with contracting everything out to MMM or Dillon and just rubber stamping the plans they come up with. The city went as far as to buy land to build one for EB Grant to SB Waverley during the underpass construction. It's a 50 kph to 50 kph turn in a zone with a reasonably high amount of pedestrians. No need at all, IMO.
As well, they're incredibly dumb for a bunch of smaller intersections where you have two drivers unsure of who gets priority between the left turner and the right-turner who has the slip lane with the yield.
I don't expect to see much change in a city where the only thing that matters for road design is the intersection Level of Service rating that the computer predicts.
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