The Coming Ponce De Leon Traffic Disaster. (Decatur, Lenox: city hall, safer)

[arjay57]

Any further reactions to the re-striping of Ponce?

I've personally found it very positive.

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by atl parent

Traffic engineering is also full of counter-intuitive (to the lay-person) cause/effect relations. It is often very hard for ordinary folks, like myself, to predict the consequences of something like a change in lanes. I'm happy to give traffic engineers the benefit of the doubt--if they suggest that they can fit in a bike lane without too adverse an impact on Ponce traffic, I'm not willing to say they're wrong.

Really wish we had more of this sentiment. Remember how much criticism the Ashford-Dunwoody diverging diamond received before it was completed? Yet it proved to be a resounding success and turned into a spectacular example of how government--wait for it--does sometimes get it right!

[J2rescue]

Originally Posted by toll_booth

Really wish we had more of this sentiment. Remember how much criticism the Ashford-Dunwoody diverging diamond received before it was completed? Yet it proved to be a resounding success and turned into a spectacular example of how government--wait for it--does sometimes get it right!

Has it really been a resounding success? According to a friend that lives in the area, there is hardly any noticeable improvement. I really have no clue so I'm just asking.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Any further reactions to the re-striping of Ponce?

I've personally found it very positive.

As a cyclist, its great. Better than I expected, with buffered bike lanes.

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by J2rescue

Has it really been a resounding success? According to a friend that lives in the area, there is hardly any noticeable improvement. I really have no clue so I'm just asking.

Ashford Dunwoody Diverging Diamond wins 3 awards - Atlanta Business Chronicle

Studies I've seen have placed traffic flow relief at about 20%.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by cqholt

As a cyclist, its great. Better than I expected, with buffered bike lanes.

cq, have you seen any photos that show Ponce after the restriping?

I could go take some but I am too lazy.

[erick295]

Originally Posted by J2rescue

Has it really been a resounding success? According to a friend that lives in the area, there is hardly any noticeable improvement. I really have no clue so I'm just asking.

I know this is an old post but I feel like I should chime in here. I used to drive on that stupid thing a lot and I agree with your friend. It actually seemed to make traffic worse. They had a lot of self-important celebrations and photo ops while it was being built, but then got really quiet when post-construction traffic study time came around. I have no idea what the results of that study even were, but I'd like to see them.

I'm sure the lane changes on Ponce will work out fine though. Center turn lanes work really well, especially for people coming out of driveways. Most people think more lanes = faster flow, but there are MANY other factors at play. Light timing is probably most important of all.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by arjay57

cq, have you seen any photos that show Ponce after the restriping?

I could go take some but I am too lazy.

I have ridden it myself.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by cqholt

I have ridden it myself.

Yes, I've driven it and am impressed. I was just trying to explain to someone how it works.

[ATLfromJAX]

Traffic on Ponce is WAY worse during the day since the bike lines were added.

AND, I don't see any bikes using them during the day....