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Congestion as a ‘Wicked Problem’

Here’s Peter Gorrie on the subject, and Bern Grush’s response.

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  1. Alvin C. Says:
    November 3rd, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    Reading Bern Grush’s response, I was distracted by a reference he made to something I had never heard of before:
    Who can say that we have thought of all solutions to congestion? In any one location we visit, we might be surprised at a local solution. I was recently in Springfield Missouri, and was surprised to learn of the effectiveness of a continuous flow intersection. This system, which I had never seen before, is now projected to reduce gridlock delays by over 70% rather than the original 32% projected.

    “Continuous Flow Intersection”? A bit of googling led me to a most enlightening video from Utah DOT about a CFI at Bangerter Hwy & W 3500 S. It allows straight-through traffic in opposite directions as well as left-turners AT THE SAME TIME! I’d never even heard of these designs before. Wow!

    http://video.google.com/videosearch?oe=utf-&q=Continuous+Flow+Intersection&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=ZOTwSorRFtLGlAf77_WCCQ&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CB4QqwQwAw#

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