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Road signage

August 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Boston has too many tolls. It is annoying that I have to pay a toll, but it’s more annoying that there is no good signage to indicate which lane I should be in until the last minute. I always see that too many cars are lined up for one side of the road because the other side is for fast lane. But if you see it carefully, between fast lanes, there is usually a cash lane. Most places, the sign does not become visible to drivers until you are too close to a toll and it’s too late to change the lane without making other drivers annoyed that you are trying to change the lanes. This of course creates traffic. This is true for when two lanes are becoming one lane. If there is a good sign way beforehand to prepare drivers and control their expectations, this will reduce much traffic. If you calculate economic impact, creating good signage must pay off a lot both for drivers and for the city….

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