It is not clear how or where this should be addressed.With trains expected to roll every 30 minutes during peak times, Roach said the traffic jams created at the railroad crossings will fray the nerves of drivers and quickly turn public sentiment against all forms of mass transit.
When applied to the most talked about commuter line, however, it is mostly absurd. The route from Mazo to Shorewood crosses how many major arterials at grade? Two? That is true only if you consider both Gammon and Whitney Way to be major arterials. How long will the gates be down? In the case of Whitney Way the stoppage could be tied into the traffic light (perhaps it already is).
In any event, it would be nice to have a traffic model that demonstrates what the overall short-term and long-term effects on travel time would be (the later assuming a reasonable impact of the train on SOV trips).
How many crossings from Shorewood to downtown, you ask? I'm not looking at a map but I think we have University Ave. and West Washington. I'm not sure where else. I guess if the Roachites really think this is such a major problem then they won't mind paying extra to build an above or below grade crossing of Unv. Ave. -- problem solved. I wouldn't be surprised to find that the traffic counts on all of the other crossings are half or less than half what the University Ave crossing sees. What's Whitney Way, 40K?
-joe
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