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Originally Posted by La Flames Fan
Can someone explain the lane closure/merge on Memorial at 10th St. during rush hour? I get that it's for people leaving the downtown, but is it really doing anything?
Plus it's really backing up east bound traffic now.
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Are you talking about the lane reversal? That's pretty much exactly its point and the point of all the lane reversals: increase throughput for traffic leaving downtown during the afternoon rush hour, at the cost of eastbound (toward downtown) traffic flow.
That particular stretch west of 10 St is mainly to provide a smooth merge in to conclude the lane reversal. That's it, really.