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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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To me, this map reads as if a triangle-shaped suburban commuter rail network from Downtown to Polaris to Easton might be in order to relieve traffic congestion.
It's only going to get busier as our regional population continues to increase.
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I guess I am impressed with the shear volume and how generally it seems to work.
Roughly 1.5 million cars are using those 10 intersections daily.
Wow
eta: 315 at 270 can be a nightmare at times and I really think it needs a fix where it splits from worthington/delaware and Cleveland exits.
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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peter said:
Population of the City of Columbus proper: 787,000 (wikipedia)
Vehicles through 270 at 315: 173,000Percentage of Columbus that drives through that intersection DAILY: 11%
Not necessarily. Our region is just over 1.8 million, and those roads serve regional commuters that live outside of the city proper (Dublin, Worthington, Westerville, Powell, Delaware and beyond).
270 also serves a lot of through traffic as well as logistical/delivery vehicles that aren't necessarily local in origin/destination.
I'm not sure if there's any way to break down the daily vehicle count by localized residential traffic, but I'm willing to bet it's quite a bit lower than 11%.
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cheap
Westgate
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i dont think the population and traffic amount coincide,especially on 270.
how many semis pass through columbus on the way to their destination?
Walker said:
To me, this map reads as if a triangle-shaped suburban commuter rail network from Downtown to Polaris to Easton might be in order to relieve traffic congestion.It's only going to get busier as our regional population continues to increase.
even with the regional areas,i do not think Columbus is a large enough metro area to justify building commuter rail.
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lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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cheap said:
i dont think the population and traffic amount coincide,especially on 270.how many semis pass through columbus on the way to their destination?
even with the regional areas,i do not think Columbus is a large enough metro area to justify building commuter rail.
It's worked fine in areas of similar size and density.
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Analogue Kid
5th by West-Northwest
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cc said:
I guess I am impressed with the shear volume and how generally it seems to work.Roughly 1.5 million cars are using those 10 intersections daily.
Wow
eta: 315 at 270 can be a nightmare at times and I really think it needs a fix where it splits from worthington/delaware and Cleveland exits.
In the works... http://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/I-270/Pages/Background.aspx
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lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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cheap said:
i wouldn't use Salt Lake City's commuter rail as an exampleit's not doing so well.
Acknowledging the source, but would you care to post some contrasting facts?
Meanwhile, 23 out of 27 commuter-rail systems reported gains; overall, commuter-rail ridership grew 1 percent. Ridership in Austin, Texas, shot up 221.4 percent, while passenger counts jumped 38.5 percent in Nashville, Tenn.; 23.7 percent in Portland, Ore.; 17.1 percent in Oceanside; 16.2 percent in Alexandria, Va.; 11.9 percent in Salt Lake City, Utah; and 10 percent in Portland, Maine.
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aderwent
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In the works... http://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/I-270/Pages/Background.aspx
Unfortunately, those don't really fix the problem. The big problem spot is going 315N -> 270E and having to merge two lanes to the left, while 500 million cars have to merge two lanes to the right, within the 1 mile or whatever until the 23 interchange. It's just a big mess, with really no solution that I can see.
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lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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peter
Arena District
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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bman said:
God ... here we go again! I give you rail people credit ... you keep whining about it. Whining does not convince others to join you.Isn't it too early in the morning for you to be trolling? ;)
Anyway, if you want to hear some *real* whining, check out this new Dispatch traffic blog:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/crawlumbus/2011/10/the-morning-drive.html
*sniffle*
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johnwirtz
Evanston, IL
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Walker said:
Isn't it too early in the morning for you to be trolling? ;)Anyway, if you want to hear some *real* whining, check out this new Dispatch traffic blog:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/crawlumbus/2011/10/the-morning-drive.html
*sniffle*
"Crawlumbus" is kind of catchy, but seems inaccurate. Getting around Columbus (in a car) is pretty fast and easy.
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lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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Walker said:
Isn't it too early in the morning for you to be trolling? ;)Anyway, if you want to hear some *real* whining, check out this new Dispatch traffic blog:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/crawlumbus/2011/10/the-morning-drive.html
*sniffle*
sniffle indeed
If only we had some kind of high capacity alternative to get through this...
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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