Comments on: Fayetteville police stepping up traffic enforcement on College Avenue

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:14:03 +0000

You travel in the turn lane for an indefinite distance so long as it’s part of your turning maneuver.

By: Ogre, you

Ogre, you — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:13:06 +0000

there is no sign at college and joyce regarding u-turns. since there is no other reasonable outlet for northbound drivers on College to access the bypass, a u-turn is necessary.

By: burgerboy

burgerboy — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:14:16 +0000

You just said you were “may be confused” and thought that there is already a light at Poplar and College Ave.
There is not.

By: Curious

Curious — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:53:57 +0000

Yes, there is a large sign. Plus, it’s illegal anyway.

By: madeline norman

madeline norman — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:40:42 +0000

Well, why don’t you enlighten me @burgerboy!

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:29:51 +0000

Is there a sign that says it is illegal to make a u-turn there?

By: Me

Me — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:34:13 +0000

Follow the second commentor’s link to the AR state driver’s ed manual. It is perfectly legal as long as you don’t drive down the road in the turning lane before merging.

By: forcefield

forcefield — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:42:30 +0000

Wait.. are you saying it’s illegal to pull out from a store parking lot into the center lane and wait for traffic to pass before entering the proper lane? I’ve only been doing this for the past 20 years and never knew it was illegal or wrong. Sure, it’s a risk, but is it illegal? If it is, then why do these lanes exist all down a road?

Boo, hiss.

By: OffCamber

OffCamber — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:24:32 +0000

I would love to see a walkable, bike-able mid-Fayetteville. The area is ripe for a renaissance. However, the infrastructure doesn’t support it. Until there’s an alternate route through the town to pull traffic off College, efficiency has to be top priority.

There is no good way to go North-South in this town. Other than College, here’s what you have:

1. Crossover -> two-lane traffic nightmare to Crossover -> opens to five lanes just in time to enter the sticks
2. Old Missouri -> converges with Old Wire (bottleneck) -> converges with Mission (bottleneck) -> jogs down choice of surface streets to get downtown
3. Gregg -> four-lane ends at North with speed table clogged stretch -> dumped into residential surface streets
4. Garland -> thread through campus -> Razorback Road
5. I-540 – limited access, high traffic, shares with through vehicles/trucks

In a previous post a while back on the Flyer, I said that increasing North-South vehicle capacity through street expansion and possibly another limited access highway was one of Fayetteville’s most pressing needs. The response (to paraphrase) was, “[long toke] No way, up with frozen yogurt, [peace sign] down with cars, man.”

Fayetteville’s center of population and affluence has shifted North over the years, and it’s very visible in development. If we want to improve North-South interaction/commerce, do something about the gnarly routes people have to travel. Yeah, the terrain isn’t always throughput friendly, but the city will have to own up to efficient traffic being safer than over-capacity, bumper-to-bumper, accident-ready clusters.

By: burgerboy

burgerboy — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:16:02 +0000

You are confused.

By: madeline norman

madeline norman — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:00:32 +0000

AGREED!!!! I take 540 every day to work and I’m appalled at the amount of people that obviously don’t know how to use the left lane…. Right lane people, right lane.

By: madeline norman

madeline norman — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:58:38 +0000

Wait… I think I am confused on the conflict here… isn’t there already a light intersecting Poplar and College? I take it every day to get home.

By: madeline norman

madeline norman — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:55:05 +0000

Seriously!!!!! I have always noticed this about that intersection…. not to mention that it’s our largest intersection yet it’s always the one that everyone runs red lights through. I’m talking every single time. Whether they’re turning or going straight…. everyone tries to make it, running the red light in the process. SO DANGEROUS AND SO ANNOYING!!!!

By: T

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:57:36 +0000

I’m with @Michael on this one. The left lane is for passing, so if someone is obviously in a hurry for reasons unknown to me, I will move over whenever possible. It’s not MY job to play traffic cop, and I won’t slow them down just because I can.

By: George

George — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:49:25 +0000

Uhh, my salary isn’t taxpayer funded, @sandy. If it was I would fully expect the taxpayers to voice their opinions.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:21:49 +0000

If you’re in the left lane, yes. I don’t care if you’re doing 100MPH, if you’re in the left lane impeding traffic move the hell over.

By: Curious

Curious — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:29:07 +0000

How many, if ANY, tickets have been written for U-turns at College and Joyce in the last 12 months?

By: Innarested Observer

Innarested Observer — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:53:01 +0000

.. To which…

By: Innarested Observer

Innarested Observer — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:51:13 +0000

I endorse “Slow Traffic Keep Right” in driving as well as politics. At the same time, tailgating is never acceptable. It’s dangerous, obnoxious and stupid. I regularly drive N. College at the speed limit or a few miles above and have people not only tailgating but impatiently changing lanes and squeezing past in tight traffic so they can hurry up and stop at the light (frequently Township). It’s idiotic.

On 540 I’m usually cooking at 75-80, and still the tailgaters. Am I in the wrong to be annoyed when I’m 10 percent over the speed limit and someone’s still up my tailpipe?

By: Ogre, you

Ogre, you — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:08:43 +0000

never realised speeding on college was a problem, since it is rare that traffic congestion ever lets me even reach 35mph. another light is not the solution.