About a week ago I was trapped in congestion on 46th (if memory serves) and Hiawatha.  
This
morning, MPR confirmed my suspicion that there is no synchronization between the LRT 
and the
street lights. I sat not too far behind a light through 3 changes, while I watched 
drivers make
heroic maneuvers to enter the flow.  Once I made it past the light, I got stopped at 
the next
light a few feet away next to the LRT station.  I was kept entertained by the 
frogger-like
attempts of pedestrians to cross the street, though, so no worries.  I watched three 
people abort
their trip across the street because they couldn't make it in time, and another 
sprinted to get to
the other side safely.

This is the same type of planning that has created the bermuda triangle of bottlenecks 
around
62/55, Ford Pkwy bridge, 5/West 7th.

If Soylent Green were made out of traffic planners, you wouldn't hear a peep from me. 
=P

Jason Stone
Diamond Lake
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