Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Real journalism by KREM
I've insulted KREM, the local Belo outlet, several times. Need to give them credit when they commit a small but useful piece of actual journalism!
The Monroe St bridge is closed this month for construction of new sewer lines. KREM decided to run a time test on the alternate routes. Turns out that Maple, the widest and most "interstate-like" of the alternate bridges, is the slowest.
Surprising in theory but predictable from the real rules of traffic. Surface streets with stoplights are almost always faster than "wide-open" limited-access freeways. (Obviously you can find a super-slow way to wander through surface streets, but a relatively straight surface arterial is usually optimal.)
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