Interstate 81 between Scranton and Wilkes Barre desperatly needs to be 3 lanes (on each side) (Allentown: houses, to live)

[Honda718]

Originally Posted by PA is poop

Adding another lane actually increases traffic volume. We've seen this in LA, Houston, Denver, and countless other cities. The area needs 24 hour bus service, either
trolleys or subways (like it used to have), and a highway tax. Rail transit is cheaper, more efficient, easier to maintain, and faster. NO CAR DEPENDENT CITY CAN GROW IN THE 21ST CENTURY!

In this case, Interstate 81 desperate needs another lane since it is currently only 2, and a major truck corridor. We're not talking about the Katy freeway in Houston here.

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by Honda718

In this case, Interstate 81 desperate needs another lane since it is currently only 2, and a major truck corridor. We're not talking about the Katy freeway in Houston here.

I wish you could take the new lanes they are planning on adding to I-80 in Monroe County. The highway bisects Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg and it's going to be a nightmare for local traffic for years as they add those lanes.

[Wells5]

Originally Posted by PA is poop

You ignored half of what I said.

I have a feeling that the entity who now uses the handle "PA is poop" has used "Nepa Hopeless", "Captain Trips" and other handles in the past. Best to ignore these unhelpful posts.

[PAhippo]

Originally Posted by Wells5

I have a feeling that the entity who now uses the handle "PA is poop" has used "Nepa Hopeless", "Captain Trips" and other handles in the past. Best to ignore these unhelpful posts.

actually I've been ignoring this poster because I find the name offensive.

[Honda718]

Originally Posted by Wells5

I have a feeling that the entity who now uses the handle "PA is poop" has used "Nepa Hopeless", "Captain Trips" and other handles in the past. Best to ignore these unhelpful posts.

Yeah I was gonna respond back but after seeing his username I decided not to. Off to the blocked list you go.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Wells5

I have a feeling that the entity who now uses the handle "PA is poop" has used "Nepa Hopeless", "Captain Trips" and other handles in the past. Best to ignore these unhelpful posts.

I remember the Captain Trips wart. He was never helpful and always complained.

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by Wells5

I have a feeling that the entity who now uses the handle "PA is poop" has used "Nepa Hopeless", "Captain Trips" and other handles in the past. Best to ignore these unhelpful posts.

The poster seems like a kid that got picked on in high school and still can't let it go. We've seen this type before.

[fisheye]

Originally Posted by Honda718

In this case, Interstate 81 desperate needs another lane since it is currently only 2, and a major truck corridor. We're not talking about the Katy freeway in Houston here.

I was a trucker almost twenty years ago. Since my income depended on my wheels turning, I would rate the different state's highway work on their proficiency, quality of their work, and speed of their work. PA almost always came in last and especially our little corner of PA.

Take Ohio for comparison. Most of their interstates have wide shoulders. If they were going to expand or simply resurface, They would permit the lighter traffic to run on the shoulders. Therefore they would allow traffic to run at 60 mph through many of their construction zones. They kept the traffic moving, and by doing so, I saw far fewer work zone accidents in Ohio.

PA has no conception of planning. Take the five-mile hill on I-80 east of Pocono Summit as an example. One of the most dangerous things PennDOT can do is to have frequent stops for commercial trucking while going down a hill. They would have guardrail replacement crews shut down one lane one day and the next day they would shut down the same lane for litter pickup or pothole repair - they never knew how to do more than one operation in a single day. In western PA, maybe because they are close to the Ohio border, they will utilize the shoulder of the roads to keep traffic flowing. We never learned that trick, maybe because many of our shoulders are simply too narrow.

I also think that widening our interstates is paramount to planning for a successful future. But I also think that we will have a very hard time addressing all the problems we now face. We are in a race to transition to electric vehicles. In doing so the income from fuel taxes will disappear. So we will be faced with tolls or 'charge by the mile'. Unless we can again control inflation, nobody is going to be willing to dig deeper.

[MaverickDD]

Not just between Scranton and Wilkes Barre, most of Pennsylvania (and even more so, Virginia) needs more traffic lanes on Interstate 81.

Try contacting Matt Cartwright. The section of roadway you reference is in his Congressional District (PA-8). His updates to constituents are chock-full of stories of how he brings the bacon home to NEPA. How about rustling up some real beef for this project?

[MikMal]

Originally Posted by MaverickDD

Not just between Scranton and Wilkes Barre, most of Pennsylvania (and even more so, Virginia) needs more traffic lanes on Interstate 81.

Try contacting Matt Cartwright. The section of roadway you reference is in his Congressional District (PA-8). His updates to constituents are chock-full of stories of how he brings the bacon home to NEPA. How about rustling up some real beef for this project?

Huh?! Do you mean that griping about it here won't create results? Oh well, then here is his contact info. https://cartwright.house.gov/contact/

Actually, I do agree with you about contacting your elected officials. I'm curious as to how they actually compile the correspondences, as I'm sure they get thousands (and most probably aren't even from their district).