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Re: layout of Datsville
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lugnet.cad
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Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:19:42 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, John VanZwieten writes:
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> Dennett <dennett@agate.net> wrote in message
> news:199909132142390690.00C2B4AD@agate.net...
> > John, I have a suggestion. I think we need to make all of Datsville's
> > streets two-way. three reasons for this are.
> > 1. My fire trucks, if they were any ordinary traffic are on a one-way
> > dead end street.
> > 2. We have dead end one way streets. That doesn't allow traffic.
> > 3. I hate one way streets.
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> > One-way streets, especially for a town that small are confusing,
> > annoying, and a pain.
> > So I am asking for you to remove the one way signs unless I am
> > missing something important in my observations.
I understand your argument against the one-way streets and sort of agree.
Someone should at least design a "ONE WAY" sign to let you know which ones are
which. However, there is at least one pair of 2 seperate one-way drives in a
downtown area. (Such as Memphis's Second & Third Streets, and Houston, Texas
has 60% of its downtown streets built in this manner.)
> The two north-south one-way streets are part of a state highway that divides
> north of the courthouse and will reconnect somewhere south of the firestation.
> The town square also moves in one (counter-clockwise) direction, as most town
> squares do. Other than that, I don't see any more one-way streets happening.
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> When the fire trucks need to get out going north, the light at that corner
> will turn all red, allowing them to hang a right and then turn right or left
> at the light. And the one-ways won't be dead-ends for long.
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> One-way streets are actually good for traffic flow, since they allow
> stoplights to be timed going both directions.
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> -John Van
The traffic lights I made were purposely made for a 1-way or [direction]-bound
flow of traffic each. Meaning that each specific direction of traffic would get
a light pole, much unlike the (new) Hickory Hill section of Memphis, Tenn.
where a row for a specific direction gets one light on the farthest side
inverted to serve the other direction. In the future, it would serve my purpose
to add a backplate onto each light in order to drive this point home. (Warning:
new idea brewing up. ;} ) I also have designs for yellow-dotted lined streets,
which will seperate the two-laned from the others. (It becomes rotten when you
get to intersections, but the idea looks great on straights.)
-James Jackson
P.S.: Has a bank or police ("sheriff's") station been erected yet?
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) My home town of Morro Bay, CA has one block of one street one-way. I think the explanation was that the city gets more money from state or county with that minimum. (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: layout of Datsville
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| (...) The police station is almost finished. Check the models group for the vechicles I have made -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| Dennett <dennett@agate.net> wrote in message news:199909132142390...ate.net... (...) The two north-south one-way streets are part of a state highway that divides north of the courthouse and will reconnect somewhere south of the firestation. The (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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