[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by ken0042

So, in rush hour traffic without me slowing down, how is the merger increasing his velocity going to produce a gap between me and the guy if front of me?

By the same reasoning, by me changing lanes, now somebody in one of the "faster" lanes now has to slow down to create a gap for me to move into.

I'm not saying that proper merging is impossible, but add people trying to merge two directions at the same time and it can create a traffic nightmare. And it appears the city has studied it, as well as the city of Toronto too: The City of Calgary has removed loops in two cloverleaf interchanges at Blackfoot Trail/Glenmore Trail and at Sarcee Trail/Trans Canada Highway. Similarly, The City of Toronto has removed all of its cloverleaf interchanges.


That's a nice simple link explaining what many of us have been trying to say: clover leafs do not work in high volume inner city traffic.

Clover leafs may not work in high volume inner city traffic. I don't believe it. If drivers are properly trained and pay attention while driving, I think they work. The sad fact is clover leafs don't work in Calgary in low volume city traffic. I call, present road engineering, idiot proofing the roads.

Calgary drivers mostly have bad attitudes. I'm sure other cities have their problems too, but Calgary drivers have an international reputation. Besides the attitude, Calgary also has drivers from all over, each with their own ideas of how it should be done, resulting in a bigger mess. Thanks for listening.