Comments on: Leon County Report: Ten Roads Operating Below Minimum Traffic Standards

By: William kidd

William kidd — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:32:36 +0000

Just read all the long responses, funny, especially
The reference that Yankees
Can go back. The truth is we
Are 25 years behind all elements of growth. We dont have interstate additional due to failing to submit funding on timely basis 45 years back.
I think its humourous the the last rating starts with an F.
Thats us, f….. .

By: John

John — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:24:09 +0000

Amen Mike! I’m so tired of hearing about they way they did it up north. If they did such a good job up north why did they move down here? And why do they think doing the same thing down here will solve the Problem – it sure was effective up north, right.

Why not have the State stager it’s work hours so everyone isn’t getting off work at the same time. Why not make Thomasville Road one way into town in the morning and one way out of town in the afternoon – using all the lanes.

By: Despicable Don

Despicable Don — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 17:24:06 +0000

Has anyone been to TMH? The roads around there are a joke. Magnolia/Centerville/Betton area has major traffic that is like trying to force 5 gallons of water through a straw. I thought I was smart, cutting through neighborhoods to save myself 25 minutes of waiting to get to Thomasville Rd and then Meridian. Now others are doing the same. If we can’t fix the existing roads in some areas, maybe look at flyovers or multi-level one way roads (level 1 one direction, Level 2 opposite direction). With the expected population growth, something has to be figured out.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 22:31:51 +0000

So now the question is: why are we wasting millions of dollars extending Weems Rd? It will have a minimal impact on the Captital Circle/Mahan intersection. Very few are going to divert to Weems. The money could have been better spent putting in right and left turn lanes at locations all over the city.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:57:15 +0000

Most of Tallahassee’s congestion issues are at peak hour, morning and afternoon rush hours. Where is Thomasville Road? as it is bumper to bumper every afternoon from Betton to I-10, taking a half hour to go a couple of miles. This road could certainly use 6 lanes from Betton to I-10. Monroe St and Mahan are also very congested. Mahan could use a widening from Riggins to CCNE. On Tennessee St as you approach Monroe St from the east, removal of on street parking in front of Leon High would allow a lane that could carry traffic to the one way northbound Gadsden and alleviate some of the congestion at the Tennessee and Monroe intersection (a right turn lane at this intersection would also help immensely as there is 19.5 ft there, wide enough for a turn lane and a sidewalk). We could reduce congestion by building turn lanes at key intersections. Probably need to widen Gadsden, Calhoun, Bronough, and Duval as well. Gaines St could have survived and functioned well as a 4 lane road with a reduced speed. I drive Buck Lake and Pedrick every day and they are not LOS E, no way. Only for the 20-30 minutes in the AM and PM peaks. So I question the data on some of these.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 23:13:49 +0000

“These 21 roadway segments are operating at 100% volume to capacity ratio or greater, and are therefore exceeding the LOS adopted…”

This statement is false. LOS is based on delay. They can make the “adopted LOS” anything they want. Most urban centers would kill to have LOS C.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:08:21 +0000

In reply to Jim.

Jim – I’m a born & raised Floridian, grew up in Tampa Bay, lived in Orlando and other FL regions for 40 years before moving to Tallahassee a decade ago. I travel frequently to Central and South FL.
Judging by the amount of “northerners” I encounter everywhere around FL and in traffic, I’d say there must be something about “backward” FL that is vastly, inarguably better than anything the northern states have, do, or could do. Otherwise all these northerners might choose to remain where they grew up. Many of us FL natives wish the great majority of migrating northerners would remain in their “advanced” home states, rather than move here and constantly remark about how “better” is is up north. Their mere presence here contradicts their words.

Living in FL all my life, I’ve seen the “progress” of major FL cities like Miami, Orlando and Tampa, and most of the FL coasts. With all due respect, Jim – perhaps you know of how beautiful those areas once were (long decades ago) before the inundation of population and the resulting degrade in quality of life. Personally, I’m glad to live in a remaining area of FL that hasn’t “progressed” with the rest of FL. Most of Florida is being loved to death.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:05:16 +0000

It is amazing to see the capital of the FL state does not have a ring road of an auxiliary freeway to I-10. Is it the funding issue or lack of interest in city development?
Florida is way backward than northern states.

By: Blue

Blue — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:34:47 +0000

In reply to David. David, The Commission could do another bottleneckification on Gaines . . .

By: David

David — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:35:18 +0000

In reply to News Maven.

Because there is nothing more they can do about Gaines Street. The closed off Woodward between Gaines & Tennessee which messes up Traffic on Gaines, they allowed all the Buildings to be built right up to the Road. They screwed up, if you think Gaines is bad NOW, wait until they get the Airport Gateway built. It’s coming, be ready…………