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Originally Posted by Mazrim
I'd be interested to know why you think it will fail? I have my doubts that there will be a ton of traffic going NB to WB at the same time the commuting traffic is going WB to SB, or vice versa. Those movements should be hitting peaks at different times of the day. The lane configuration should hold up to consistent growth for a long time, and having the through lanes separated from the ramp lanes for such a long distance before the weave should avoid the traditional pitfalls of cloverleaf style weaves.
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Maybe from the perspective of a car, it's no big deal. Larger vehicles going west, wanting to turn south have to contend with dual lanes of vehicles that were going north, turning west. It may be a long lane after it has sorted, but the actual crossover portion is really short. It's a cloverleaf that connects the two busiest freeways in the city.
It's not so bad today, but I pretty much guarantee that in a few years, with all the construction in Livingston and Carrington, afternoon rush is going to be ridiculous. People coming home on Deerfoot wanting to go west, and all the traffic that pretty much never stops on Stoney wanting to get on Deerfoot have to cross over in 300m. It's going to be mini Deerfoot/Southland/Anderson in the not too distant future.