Motorists adjusting to new Crosstown, officials say

NewsOK
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT mmcnutt@opubco.com
Published: January 10, 2012

Traffic flowed much better Monday on the recently opened eastbound lanes of the Interstate 40 Crosstown and the driving experience should improve as motorists adjust, state Transportation Department officials said.

But they cautioned that work will continue for the next three years on the corridor, and unlike previously, it will be more noticeable for motorists.

Up until last week, construction on the state's most expensive road construction project occurred on the new roadway while motorists drove on the elevated Crosstown Expressway. The eastbound lanes opened Thursday; the westbound lanes are expected to open for traffic in four to six weeks, Transportation Department Director Gary Ridley told transportation commissioners Monday during their monthly meeting.

A traffic jam occurred Friday when a malfunctioning traffic signal at the first of only two downtown Oklahoma City exits caused traffic to back up for more than a mile... FULL ARTICLE

Posted on Tue, January 10, 2012 by John Cox

3 comments (Add your own)

1. Rahul wrote:: One of the main complaints I have is that there is still no safe way to ride from the east end to the west end, bweeten locations where bike lanes/paths end. Like at George and Wyandotte, and near Saint Rose and Wyandotte. There's great bike lanes and paths on either side of this wasteland in-bweeten. Riding on Wyandotte isn't as bad as riding on Riverside Drive since there is more room, but also more traffic. I know there are plans to put bike lanes/path on Riverside Drive though from the RDVIP plans. That will help connect these wonderful paths/lanes we have leading up to Strabane and Riverside in the central area and Saint Rose and Wyandotte in the east. After riding on that stretch of Wyandotte with a friend several times this summer I was told he is afraid for his life. Not a good way to feel while riding on the streets of Windsor. I can follow safe trails/paths and roads all the way to St. Clair Beach and beyond in the far east and depending on how far I want to go in the west I can comfortably ride to La Salle. But there is still this stretch of Wyandotte inbweeten, where either it or Riverside Drive doesn't really allow safe passage for cyclists. Once this area has been completed then we will really have a wonderful system in place in at least one part of the city to travel safety from far reaches of the east and west. Something that is truly needed in order for people to feel that they can commute by bicycle safely. The more the city can connect and expand its network of bike lanes and paths, the more people will use them.
Sun, April 8, 2012 @ 7:51 PM
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