Mon, 27 Jun 2005
Bridge planners are so smart
Via sfgate.com-
So far, so good at the Bay Bridge, where the gridlock many feared would accompany the inauguration of three new FasTrak lanes has failed to materialize.I've always been shocked at the bridge admins. When I moved here, they didn't have Fastrak, but when they put it in were worried about getting people to adopt it. There's one way that I've suggested, but they haven't returned my calls: Make all the lanes but one FasTrak lanes. Then you'll see a massive amount of signups in less than a week. so annoying. . . 27 Jun 12:45 | /rants_and_raves | 0 comment(s)
Traffic was zipping along with minimal delays this morning, even on the Interstate 880 approach to the new lanes on the north side of the toll plaza . an area known as the .mini plaza..
That.s where Caltrans has set aside three dedicated FasTrak lanes, and officials . not to mention commuters . feared huge backups as motorists jockeyed for position and the new FasTrak lanes reduced the lanes available to those without the transponders, which allow people to zip through the toll plaza without stopping to hand over $3.
