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EcoAffinity t1_j7drqgs wrote

That's what a city that was initially not built around heavy use of cars does. Short blocks for easy access to neighborhoods and the university, particularly for walkers. Then you've got downtown.

The lights are well-timed and keep traffic moving.

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PettyPoet t1_j7fs4g5 wrote

Have you been to division? Ain’t nothing well timed about that. You gotta sit two times longer for a light on national than you do on division even with division being two lanes only it’s still ridiculous cause traffic is always backed up on national.

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joe2352 t1_j7emn7n wrote

That spot on republic and Campbell and then further down by Andy’s and Academy still gives me nightmares.

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PixelSteel OP t1_j7eoy5j wrote

Have you seen the excuse of a roundabout near C Street and Jefferson? Good lord

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Jimithyashford t1_j7gxg4q wrote

I sometimes feel like I'm the only person living in Springfield who thinks the traffic and roads are fine and pretty typical of cities this size, and rarely experiences issues with either drivers or the road network.

I know it's not true that I'm the only one, just people that are fine with things don't go online and make posts about how fine and un-noteworthy it is. The people that go make posts are the ones who want to complain.

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But man, almost every time I see these Traffic/Drivers suck posts, I'm like "do we live in the same city? What are you talking about?"

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Like MAYBE on a heavy shopping weekend or when there is some major event, traffic gets genuinely congested and backed up and bad, pretty much any other time....it's fine. There's maybe a 30 minute window right during rush hour that gets backed up a little, but even that isn't usually that bad.

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kellsybellsy t1_j7ksuhe wrote

As bad as it may be, Campbell and Glenstone are worse. If I’m driving the length of town and need to be mid-town, I’ll always take National.

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Starportalskye t1_j7m0mnx wrote

If people stayed off their phones for two minutes at the stop lights so they would actually be prepared to move when the light turns green would solve a lot of issues.

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