April 9, 2008.
California Office of Traffic Safety Summit
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University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
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June 23, 2009
Driving Assessment 2009
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June 26, 2009
PRI World Congress
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June 27, 2009
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July 13, 2009
Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP)
Phoenix, AZ.
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Honda R&D Americas
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October 21, 2009
California State University-San Bernardino, Leonard Transportation Center
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November 5
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Yale University
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Friday, March 19
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Delaware Center for Transportation
April 5-7
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April 19
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Austin, Texas
Monday, April 26
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Edmonton, Canada
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Niagara Falls, Ontario
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Fondo de Prevención Vial
Bogotá, Colombia
Tuesday, August 31
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Perth, Australia
Wednesday, September 1
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Canberra, Australia
Wednesday, September 22
Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s
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Statewide Conference
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Wednesday, October 20
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Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
Piscataway, NJ
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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Toronto
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Boise, Idaho
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California Association of Cities
Costa Mesa, California
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American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Attitudes: Iniciativa Social de Audi
Madrid, Spain
April 16, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Gardens Theatre, QUT
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April 17, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Centennial Plaza, Sydney
Sydney, Australia
April 19, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne, Australia
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University of Minnesota City Engineers Association Meeting
Minneapolis, MN
January 31, 2013
Metropolis and Mobile Life
School of Architecture, University of Toronto
February 22, 2013
ISL Engineering
Edmonton, Canada
March 1, 2013
Australian Road Summit
Melbourne, Australia
May 24th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
I think the real key to it is the lane lines at the merge. Instead of having a through lane and a merging lane, neither should directly line up after a certain “you must alternate-zipper-merge here” point.
There’s one intersection in NH I came across often, and I think there was one small sign that said to alternate, and not once did I come across a situation where someone didn’t do just that. It was amazing what that small suggestion did for traffic there.
May 24th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
This wouldn’t be a problem if traffic were priced correctly. After all, traffic congestion is a type of shortages, and shortages occur, according to Wikipedia, “when the price of an item is set below the going rate determined by supply and demand.”
May 26th, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Andy, that’s a good idea about neither lane lining up with the final lane at the merge point.
I wonder if they could restripe the road to put the final lane of a two-into-one merge directly in the center for a while before moving it into the actual final lane position.
Making neither lane line up with the final one might stop the battle between the territorial “early mergers” and the efficient “throughput maximizers” that always seems to happen in the typical “Left Lane Ends — Merge Right” situation.
June 20th, 2011 at 5:57 am
Next time you encounter one of these situations watch who the people want to merge in front of…. Yes always the big truck if one is available.