Originally Posted by
Arthur Peabody
'Thirty minutes to cross the street?' I've never had to wait this long to cross a street in LA or NYC or DC or Atlanta - things must really be cookin' in Ramsey County.
Here's the problem. Think about someone walking south on the west side (so with traffic... and note that the image is turned 90° so north is to the right). The first roundabout isn't much of a problem because there is not too heavy of traffic going on to Rustic Pl.
The next roundabout will be a problem though as it's the motorway entrance and there is nothing to stop traffic for someone to cross. To cross relatively safely you will have to wait until there are no cars approaching from a quite long distance in numerous directions. You have to cross 3 lanes that are merging together to get to the island so you have to make sure that all 3 lanes are clear. You cannot depend on drivers seeing you because they will be paying attention to other cars merging with them that could harm them and will be trying to get up to speed for the motorway entrance. During parts of each weekday there is a near constant flow of cars on to that entrance ramp.