I revisited the long saga of the Poplar Ave. off-ramp back in November as construction was underway. I thought it held a lot of promise and it turns out I was right. Still not so sure about the necessity of a metering light, but the really simple redesign is working very well in my opinion. And it probably didn't cost millions, involve an overpass or any eminent domain takings. Here is a nocturnal view.
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Much better! Used to be a crap shoot of safety!
Posted by: Crap shoot of safety | March 12, 2017 at 01:39 PM
Yes, I gotta tell ya, government seems to be in the mode of providing solutions in search of a problem.
Bruce Dickinson is glad that common sense prevailed in this case, for a refreshing change!
Posted by: Bruce Dickinson | March 12, 2017 at 03:41 PM
They should have done this years ago. It speeds up flow onto 101S, and is orders of magnitude safer.
Only downside appears to be that offramping traffic at times, can get backed up on 101.
Posted by: Bobby | March 13, 2017 at 10:50 AM
I take this exit everyday going 101S, I agree it's flows much more nicely than before.
The left turn off Humboldt onto Popular does get backed up at times. During traffic it's almost always faster detouring around and entering from the left.
They did improve it by making the left hand turn lane a bit longer, but I think they should think about having a left hand turn light too.
Posted by: Burlingamer | March 14, 2017 at 08:29 PM