tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post285110358454398207..comments2023-08-18T11:40:19.852-06:00Comments on Los Alamos and Santa Fe Bikes: Why We Desperately Need Four (or Maybe Even More) Lanes on TrinityScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105951751896463667noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-90437011153289301232011-04-21T08:02:25.795-06:002011-04-21T08:02:25.795-06:00I suggest that much of the anxiety over the Trinit...I suggest that much of the anxiety over the Trinity reconstruction study is a direct consequence of the daily headache of getting through Diamond drive construction. After literally years of being impeded every day, the LAST thing many people, myself included, want to fathom is more construction. We must separate construction anxiety from street planning in order to plan correctly. The earliest Trinity work could begin is 2013, and that would probably be delayed. Also, everyone needs to bear in mind that Trinity is currently falling apart and not to ADA code. Construction WILL happen on Trininty in any event, so objecting to designs won't get us out of that frying pan.<br /><br />Traffic simulation is modeling human behavior. Its more sociology than a quantum science. The simulation knobs can not be dialed like those in hard science. Driver one has a bee in her bonnet, driver two has a bunch in his undees, driver three is just messing with people, while a fourth had too much coffee, and a fifth is racing to pick up kids on time; there's just way too much uncertainty in the simulations. If one is looking to verify the simulation as you would for material science, you're bound to be disappointed. And we can't perform the validating experiment without building the road.<br /><br />Roundabouts also may be viewed as un-American. There are a lot of very proud people here, God bless them, with a well-earned sense of pride. Roundabouts are not the way we do things in America. That's how the Europeans do it and we're different. We are different, but there are compelling reasons to consider design changes. The traffic engineers are not on a covert mission to bring gridlock to Los Alamos. They are using contemporary enginnering standards to design the best road for our community. Trinity is currently ugly and dangerous, and there aren't accommodations for south-side residences and businesses. The street was designed for a very different set of requirements than it currently operates with. The equation currently solves to a different design. We don't have to switch the design, but it might be foolish not to.Gene Doughertynoreply@blogger.com