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- States and provinces with the most limited access tollway mileage
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Tag Archives: traffic
States and provinces with the most limited access tollway mileage
The fist list provided below identifies those states and provinces with the most limited access tollway mileage. The list does not include toll bridges, tunnels, scenic highways, non-limited access roadways, nor toll-managed lanes. That list is followed by those states … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Caribbean, Cars, cities, civics, commerce, currency, digital payment systems, engineering, geography, government, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, money, North America, planning, politics, product design, spatial design, States, Statistics, Taxes, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, trucking, urban design, urban planning
Tagged cities, express lanes, geography, highways, history, land use, planning, states, toll roads, tollways, traffic, transportation, travel, turnpikes
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Biggest baddest bottlenecks for truck traffic in the USA
The map above and the list below identify the 100 worst trucking bottlenecks in the United States in 2023. Where the truck icons blend/blur together on the map, there are more bottlenecks in close proximity to one another. More detailed … Continue reading
Posted in business, cities, commerce, distribution, ecommerce, geography, highways, industry, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, planning, spatial design, Statistics, traffic, transportation, Travel, trucking, urban planning
Tagged bottlenecks, cities, congestion, distribution, geography, land use, logistics, planning, semis, traffic, transportation, travel, trucking
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A city center without traffic/Centro de la ciudad sin tráfico
Yes, it may be hard to believe, but there is such a place. Due to its steeply sloped and narrow topography, as well as the foresight of the city’s leaders, the historic city center of Guanajuato, Mexico has limited traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, archaeology, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, commerce, culture, downtown, engineering, environment, fitness, fun, geography, Geology, government, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Latin America, Maps, Mexico, Mining, mountains, natural history, peace, pictures, placemaking, planning, pollution, recreation, rivers/watersheds, skylines, spatial design, Stairway networks, topography, tourism, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, tunnels, urban design, urban planning, walking, water, water conservation
Tagged car free, cities, environment, fun, geography, Guanajuato, history, land use, Mexico, planning, tourism, traffic, transportation, travel, tunnels
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Geography of the states most/least likely for vehicle wrecks with animals
The following map identifies the states where one is most and least likely to have a wreck with an animal, not just a deer as depicted in a 2011 post on this blog site. Animals could include bear, bison, cougar … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Cars, education, Environment, geography, health, highways, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Maps, natural history, nature, spatial design, States, Statistics, traffic, transportation, Travel, Wildlife
Tagged accidents, animals, cars, collisions, deer, environment, geography, history, land use, motor vehicles, traffic, transportation, travel, vehicles, wildlife, wrecks
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The arrival of “TURBO” roundabouts in America
The newest trend that is in the initial stages of development in the United States for traffic movement at intersections are turbo roundabouts. These have been a common design in some parts of Europe, but are just now being established … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, Biking, Cars, culture, engineering, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, pictures, planning, product design, spatial design, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged cities, highways, history, land use, planning, roads, roundabouts, traffic, transportation, travel, turbo roundabouts
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From sea to shining sea of wasteful surface parking lots
The images below depict the extent of wasteful surface parking lots that can be found across the United States at many major sports venues, especially those dedicated to football, baseball, and soccer. Much of the land currently set aside for … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, Cars, cities, downtown, economic development, engineering, geography, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, Maps, parking, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, Portugal, product design, rail, Railroads, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, technology, third places, tourism, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, UK, urban design, urban planning, visual pollution, walking
Tagged access, AT&T Stadium, automobiles, Aviva Stadium, cars, cities, design, Dodger Stadium, Europe, Hard Rock Stadium, light rail, Lisbon Stadium, Memorial Coliseum, MetLife Stadium, Murrayfield Stadium, parking, parking lots, Progressive Field, rail, stadiums, Stamford Bridge, State Farm Stadium, surface parking, Toyota Stadium, traffic, US Bank Stadium, USA
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Working list of continuous flow/displaced left-turn intersections in the USA
Also known as a displaced left-turn intersection, these intersections are meant to improve traffic flow, especially for intersections with busy left turns. That being said, continuous flow seems to be a misnomer, as in most, if not all of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, cities, commerce, distribution, engineering, geography, government, health, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, pictures, planning, product design, Statistics, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged cities, continuous flow intersections, crossover left-turn intersections, design, displaced left-turn intersections, enginnering, geography, highways, intersections, land use, left-turns, planning, traffic, transportation, transportation planning
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American and Canadian Cities with the Most Roundabouts – UPDATED
Guest post by Dan T. – Thank you, Dan! [Note: To most people, the terms traffic circle, rotary, and roundabout are synonyms, but not to traffic engineers. Engineers usetraffic circle as a generic term for all circular intersections, while rotaries … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Cars, cities, economic development, engineering, environment, Europe, geography, health, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, North America, placemaking, planning, spatial design, States, Statistics, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning
Tagged Carmel, highways, Indiana, planning, roads streets, rotaries, roundabouts, traffic, traffic circles, traffic engineering, transportation engineering
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Primary interstates that are now bypasses of major urban areas
This list identifies those primary interstate highways (one or two digit) that have over time become outer bypasses for major urban areas. This list does not include bypasses of small and mid-sized urban areas, nor inner bypasses that now incorporate … Continue reading
Posted in business, Cars, cities, commerce, distribution, ecommerce, economic development, geography, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, planning, shipping, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, trucking, urban planning
Tagged bypasses, cities, distribution, Interstates, traffic, travel
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Amazing offshore urban expressways – pluses & minuses
A trend in arterial roadway building, especially in highly urbanized areas and locations of rough terrain, has been to construct expressways offshore, which largely parallel the coastline. There are several reasons for choosing these locations for highway construction, which include: … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, bridges, Cars, cities, commerce, economic development, environment, geography, Highway displacement, highways, infrastructure, Maps, nature, pictures, planning, product design, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, topography, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning, Wildlife
Tagged bridges, cities, coastlines, commerce, congestion, expressways, highways, motorways, traffic, transportation, travel, urban
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