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carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
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Devor posted:

When you have a massive user base like Uber, you have a massive ability to do sorts of traveling-salesman trips for people who have some time-insensitivity and don't mind sharing a car. This is exactly the model of airport vans. I initially thought Uber was doing shared-ride airport van service, and I thought it was cool.

After I posted, I realized they weren't. But I think they should, hence my edit.

Kindly gently caress off about us not fully respecting your Uber advocacy discussion in a tangentially related thread.

And post some loving Diverging Diamond Interchanges.

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8619686,-93.2229066,1108a,20y,90h/data=!3m1!1e3

# ¿ Aug 26, 2015 19:24

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 10:41

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
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Baronjutter posted:

Giant freeway interchanges really disturb me for some reason
http://www.politico.com/magazine/gallery/2015/07/the-art-of-the-interchange-000173?slide=0

I'm surprised they included I-17/SR-101 instead of I-17/I-10.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2016 17:23

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
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You must obey the grid, even when there are surveying errors

# ¿ Jan 9, 2017 19:11

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
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...and any humor in the post is now dead and buried. :rip:

# ¿ Jan 9, 2017 21:51

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Chris Knight posted:

I'd be interested to see if they've done testing of those in-road LEDs in places with cold weather & snowplows

Are they that much different than runway entrance lights? I imagine those have to deal with plows every winter.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2018 17:55

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
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Sri.Theo posted:

So what is a traffic engineer anyway?

In the UK I know we have civil engineers, highways engineers, transport planners and urban designers but nothing with that specific title.

They're dumb americans, op.

# ¿ Sep 14, 2018 21:30

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
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Americans are loving stupid and shouldn't really be allowed outside of the USA.

# ¿ Jun 13, 2019 00:23

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
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Do you know what also reduces the risk of cars hitting bikes and peds?

Getting rid of the loving cars.

# ¿ Oct 24, 2019 14:26

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
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Last I checked Sweden has not banned all private automobiles so I give not the first poo poo whether their car culture is slightly less insane than other countries.

Ban all loving cars.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2019 01:05

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
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do you know what's far more effective at reducing emissions than lowering speed limits?

banning all cars.

do that.

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 10:41

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
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Varance posted:

Yeah, Utah loves them some SPUI. drat near every interchange on I-15 or Bangerter Hwy is a SPUI. Quite a few diverging diamonds down in Utah and Davis Counties as well.

Note: I-215 was a mistake. You wanna talk about bad interchanges, I-215 and the 21st South freeway is horendous. That cloverleaf weave is no joke...

Edit: Speaking of Utah, here's something you probably haven't seen before: A SPUI missing the thru bridge. Future-proofed so that UDOT only has to install a bridge to convert Mountain View to a proper freeway when the time comes.

Ok so, how do Utah's weird street numbers work again?

# ¿ Sep 30, 2022 22:06

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