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Anna, Anna, Bannana -- Italy has roundabouts so we...

2008-09-15T00:09:00.000-07:00

Anna, Anna, Bannana -- Italy has roundabouts so we should too! Ciao baby. Italians are the worst drivers in the ride-sided world, even the police are driving under the influence. La Dolce Vita baby.

I can't agree with you more!

2008-09-14T12:17:00.000-07:00

I can't agree with you more!

I saw and appreciated that Gary Murphy spoke about...

2008-09-06T18:54:00.000-07:00

I saw and appreciated that Gary Murphy spoke about this at the Council Meeting during oral communications.

I agree with Gary. A stop sign would be much better. The "proof is in the pudding." If you were present when the light was out, you would have seen that the intersection was functioning better as stop, look and go. I do not support a roundabout at that intersection.

Many people, the residents living nearby, spoke against the roundabout's effectiveness on Santa Fe at Thurdsay's Planning Commission Meeting re the Hall Property proposed park and the bogus environmental impact report without an updated traffic circulation element study included!

Ripe for another roundabout. I drove and walked r...

2008-09-05T00:08:00.000-07:00

Ripe for another roundabout. I drove and walked roundabouts in rural and urban Italy this past July - roundabouts rule, even complicated ones! I plan my routes west to enjoy the tiny ones in Encinitas.

Why don't Americans get it? Especially the "never, ever want to leave Paradise" Southern Californians (they might get cold or need shoes). Do they really need that much time to pick their noses or squeeze their zits while they idle away massive amounts of time and fuel, adding even more to the brown smog haze over the region?

A couple years ago I knitted nearly an entire hat for a Christmas gift while idling at the long & frequent light cycles around Encinitas, especially those two near Home Depot. I just left the hat in the car (on circular needles) and knitted in wasted, stagnant moments (never knitted while driving, of course), quickly dropping it to the side as the lights changed. At least that time was relatively productive.

Anon, 3 back... HUH? I'm not saying follow his adv...

2008-09-04T21:08:00.000-07:00

Anon, 3 back... HUH?

I'm not saying follow his advice and get rid of all our signs, just making the point that what you believe is correct, may not be, as in the case of the small town.

Oh, and at least come up with a clever name for yourself.

They got too blue, bordering on virtual molestatio...

2008-09-03T11:04:00.000-07:00

They got too blue, bordering on virtual molestation.

Whoa - what happened to the last two blogs -- they...

2008-09-03T08:26:00.000-07:00

Whoa - what happened to the last two blogs -- they just disappeared without explanation

rob70,Problem. That is a small village. That is wh...

2008-08-31T21:06:00.000-07:00

rob70,

Problem. That is a small village. That is why people like small towns and a small town feel.

IT is completely DALAGER-THINK to believe that densifying Encinitas and adding MORE people will make us MORE small town.

I can not take enough LSD to fall for that.

I too would love to see a trial of flashing reds. ...

2008-08-31T12:34:00.000-07:00

I too would love to see a trial of flashing reds. It also makes it easier to turn right onto L101 from Jasper as people slow for the flashing reds.

Re scowling woman in the black BMW SUV - Yeah, just now I got honked at for obeying the pedestrian signal and letting a guy make it across. It seem to me if someone's time is soooo important the should NOT BE in a beach town on a Sunday afternoon.

ha ha I saw Leroy Bogus down there watching a work...

2008-08-31T09:32:00.000-07:00

ha ha I saw Leroy Bogus down there watching a worker, and he looked totally befuddled. Our head of public works working hard at doing nothing.

No thanks Lawyer-We don't really look forward to p...

2008-08-31T07:37:00.000-07:00

No thanks Lawyer-

We don't really look forward to paying your client millions for that one clusterfuck intersection.

I don't think you could have an easier case. The City has known about the death trap for over 20 years and does nothing. They actually made it worse by opening up Leucadia Boulevard to El Camino Real with out addressing the traffic impacts from that action. I was also right about then when the Coaster started up raising the train traffic 500% from 12 per day to 54 per day. I wonder if the City did an Environmental Impact Report for that project and what it said?

Yikes, this one is too easy. You should cut your fee down to client.

I’m surprised its been like over a year since someone has died at that deathtrap. By statistical standards I think the odds are pretty good you should have a client within 5 months. I hope its no one I know.

Well, there goes the millions needed for the Hall Park or any other project.

I wonder all the time why this clusterfuck isn't corrected. Who at the City is supposed to be looking out for issues involving the Railroad?

Don't have to look for work when so many public se...

2008-08-30T22:54:00.000-07:00

Don't have to look for work when so many public servants entrusted with our safety ignore death traps. Need I raise examples?

I like the idea of a test period. Make it happen,...

2008-08-30T09:20:00.000-07:00

I like the idea of a test period. Make it happen, please.

Anon 11:30...Lawyers,Lawyers,Lawyers.Europe does n...

2008-08-30T08:01:00.000-07:00

Anon 11:30...

Lawyers,
Lawyers,
Lawyers.

Europe does not share our "wealth" of lawyers looking for work.

Click on rob70 link.... way funky in a good way.Wa...

2008-08-29T23:35:00.000-07:00

Click on rob70 link.... way funky in a good way.

Way to blog soul man.

good stuff.

Apparently our European mother land folks have evo...

2008-08-29T23:30:00.000-07:00

Apparently our European mother land folks have evolved faster than us American tards. We don't need lights to tell us when to slow or stop. A stop or a yield sign works fine.

Come on City, I know you can think outside the small American mind box. Let it go.... lets be free and try the all stop at the intersection. I know it will be better.

Hey 4:18-the gates still work with blinking red. N...

2008-08-29T23:13:00.000-07:00

Hey 4:18-

the gates still work with blinking red. No difference.

Your points are void. 90 mph trains would actually be better with all way stops. Everyone is better off.

do it City. Hurry and relieve that clusterfuck!

Gary Murphy is the man.He had the ball to go to Co...

2008-08-29T23:09:00.000-07:00

Gary Murphy is the man.

He had the ball to go to Council and suggest this change. Way to go Gary.

Good idea for Leucadia and all of Encinitas.

try it for a test period of one week. Come on Cit...

2008-08-29T22:46:00.000-07:00

try it for a test period of one week. Come on City, you only have positive to gain. that intersection sucks the way it is now.

The idea of traffic lights is more less that half ...

2008-08-29T21:58:00.000-07:00

The idea of traffic lights is more less that half the time you get to an intersection, you don't have to stop and idle. But of course as complex as the Leucadia Blvd portion is, the lights seem to be red way too long. I think the stop signs would improve traffic flow. And I think ideally, roundabouts keep people from stopping 80% of the time. But of course a roundabout would be tricky at Leucadia Blvd with a train figured into the equation. Hey, I got it. Bury the train!

Going to the 101 from east of the 7-11 has never, ...

2008-08-29T21:01:00.000-07:00

Going to the 101 from east of the 7-11 has never, never been easier than the few days when the traffic lights were screwed up.

Check out radical traffic engineer Hans Monderm, turns out that at least one person believes that if you treat people like they have brains, they use them.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/21/profile-of-hans-mond.html

anon 4:18Your hyped out. stop the meth.IF IT WERE ...

2008-08-29T19:01:00.000-07:00

anon 4:18

Your hyped out. stop the meth.

IF IT WERE DANGEROUS THERE IS NO WAY OUR CITY WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THAT TO GO ON ALL WEEKEND!

Even RSPB wouldn't think they were so bad as to allow the RR crossing to get even more dangerous.

I think it works better without the lights too. T...

2008-08-29T18:00:00.000-07:00

I think it works better without the lights too. That might mean that roundabouts will work even better!

Blinking red signal lights + 90 mph trains + cars ...

2008-08-29T16:18:00.000-07:00

Blinking red signal lights + 90 mph trains + cars not able to clear railroad tracks with green signal = DEATH

I work at an office in downtown Encinitas, and mos...

2008-08-29T13:24:00.000-07:00

I work at an office in downtown Encinitas, and most of my coworkers who live north take 101 south or get off I-5 at La Costa Bldv, then proceed on 101 south. I spoke to 2 such commuters, and they both said that the thru traffic on 101 flowed better during rush hour with the Leucadia signal in blinking red mode.