Comment 114913

By matthewsweet (registered) | Posted November 18, 2015 at 13:39:15 in reply to Comment 114910

In fairness to E_sharp, I don't think he was suggesting that Aberdeen should be designed in such a way that no one ever has to slow down. I think the point he was making is that Beckett can carry 20,000 vehicles per day on one lane per direction without problems (and perhaps too easily at that, given the observation of a speed board at the bottom of the hill recently) precisely because there are no accesses or side streets between Auchmar and Glenfern. So comparing Aberdeen to Beckett is not a great apples to apples comparison. I had a similar thought.

Luckily, a road diet for Aberdeen can easily accommodate the fact that there are several side streets and private driveways by providing a continuous two-way-left-turn lane in the centre of the road. This is one of the key reasons why a road diet works and does not negatively impact vehicular traffic: left turning vehicles are removed from general purpose through lanes and don't obstruct traffic flow otherwise.

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