Comments on Dark Roasted Blend: World's Worst Intersections & Traffic Jams

The Turcot Yards Interchange" (due to be torn down...

2008-04-16T05:19:00.000-07:00

The Turcot Yards Interchange" (due to be torn down sometime soon because they discovered putting the drains inside the concrete wasn't such a bright idea after all) is an interesting one too. Not the most convoluted but it's up there. It might help to decode it if I mention that the highway leaving to the west is actually contra-sense. That is, you drive on the left...

all of those pictures are a walk in the park compa...

2008-04-05T03:00:00.000-07:00

all of those pictures are a walk in the park compared to mexico city. you obviously have no whatsoever notion of what is traffic.

This one in Frankfurt is crazy too, especially sin...

2008-04-02T05:47:00.000-07:00

This one in Frankfurt is crazy too, especially since it's so bafflingly complex for a intersection of two freeways that could be much simpler, imho:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=frankfurt&ie=UTF8&ll=50.07616,8.543801&spn=0.014817,0.031285&t=k&z=15&iwloc=addr
I hate going through it.

that is only half of the I35W/I94 intersection in ...

2008-03-31T21:41:00.000-07:00

that is only half of the I35W/I94 intersection in Minneapolis. The roads run next to each other for about half a mile to the east of the picture and then do roughly the same samething they do in the picture.

The magic mushroom roundabout, theres 2 in the cou...

2008-03-31T15:00:00.000-07:00

The magic mushroom roundabout, theres 2 in the county i live in alone, the biggest being the Greenstead roundabout in Colchester.

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2008-03-27T02:48:00.000-07:00

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Seven Corners, VA has this nice intersection, for ...

2008-03-26T04:12:00.000-07:00

Seven Corners, VA has this nice intersection, for which it is named: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=seven+corners,+va&layer=t&ie=UTF8&ll=38.87189,-77.15548&spn=0.022486,0.040169&t=h&z=15

This is the Aston Expressway in Birmingham england...

2008-03-26T02:33:00.000-07:00

This is the Aston Expressway in Birmingham england. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=aston+expressway&sll=54.162434,-3.647461&sspn=13.303156,51.328125&ie=UTF8&ll=52.510762,-1.863856&spn=0.006373,0.014462&t=h&z=16

God, I was in that crossing at Sao Paulo, Brazil a...

2008-03-24T10:55:00.000-07:00

God, I was in that crossing at Sao Paulo, Brazil at the same time that person took the photo. Yes, I'm from Sao Paulo, Brazil!

It took more than an hour to drive a single block!!!

Railway Diamond Crossings.There is one in Newark ,...

2008-03-24T03:25:00.000-07:00

Railway Diamond Crossings.

There is one in Newark , Nottinghamshire where the East-Coast mainline crosses the line from Nottingham to Lincoln. For years there were arguments between the individual railway companies that owned these two lines, with accusations that The East-Coast trains were given priority because that company operated the signals that controlled the crossing.

bangkok definitely deserves one ... but wierd how ...

2008-03-23T20:50:00.000-07:00

bangkok definitely deserves one ... but wierd how they totally missed out the unbelievable spirals of saudi arabia during the hajj. I was witness to how chaotic it gets there during the hajj. I was stuck in a traffic jam for 8 hours. the distance i was travelling was approximately 7km. *to think. the movement of 3 million people in the same direction all trying to get to another point before midnight.

and they call the geniouseses that design them roa...

2008-03-23T07:41:00.000-07:00

and they call the geniouseses that design them roads/intersections experts ???

LOL UNREAL !! wheere they get their Urban planning degrees from??? as a prize inside a bag of Lay ??? Im amazed you missed bangkok !!!!!!!!

That intersection in Minneapolis is .5 km from the...

2008-03-22T19:55:00.000-07:00

That intersection in Minneapolis is .5 km from the 35W bridge collapse. I quit my job when that happened- traffic here is now horrible.

The image of this traffic jam at São Paulo it's de...

2008-03-22T17:20:00.000-07:00

The image of this traffic jam at São Paulo it's definitely a good sample of what's going on every day here. Not to mention the ridiculously small tube lines and the lack of attention that mayor-house and state-house are giving for mass transport. Instead, they push car production by having a rotative system where you cannot drive your car in one day of the week during rush hours (depending on your car's plate last number: 1's & 2's can't drive on Mondays, 3's & 4's on Tuesdays and so on...). What happened is that who can afford, is buying another car to drive every day. Bloody dumb!

Great blog! That one in Minneapolis of course isn...

2008-03-22T05:06:00.000-07:00

Great blog! That one in Minneapolis of course isn't getting as much use these days because it is directly south of the 35w bridge that collapsed last summer.

What about Spaghetti Junction in Atlanta, GA?http:...

2008-03-22T04:59:00.000-07:00

What about Spaghetti Junction in Atlanta, GA?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=norcross,+ga&ie=UTF8&ll=33.891846,-84.258978&spn=0.011613,0.0156&t=k&z=16

You cannot talk about intersections without mentio...

2008-03-22T02:31:00.000-07:00

You cannot talk about intersections without mentioning Birmingham's Spaghetti Junction!

That shot of the Miami Gardens interchange is a re...

2008-03-21T22:30:00.000-07:00

That shot of the Miami Gardens interchange is a recent one - that's what it looks like after a reworking that seemed to drag on for something like a decade. Previously, the layout was so demented, that there were a couple of transfers from one road to another that took no fewer than 7 steps (exits, ramps, u-turns, etc.) to complete.

The current arrangement is much less treacherous, though increased traffic volume has pretty much negated any improvements in the rush-hour commute.

tangle: Planners don't design interchanges, engine...

2008-03-21T18:54:00.000-07:00

tangle: Planners don't design interchanges, engineers do.

"You missed the Marquette interchange in Milwakee ...

2008-03-21T18:47:00.001-07:00

"You missed the Marquette interchange in Milwakee Wisconsin. It wraps around the Aldrich Chemical Company building. You can drive past all sides of the building at several levels."

The Aldrich Chemical building is long gone - it was torn down at the very beginning of the Marquette Interchange rebuilding. (While the reconstruction did make the interchange theoretically safer, it didn't make it any less complex. In fact, I'd say it is even more complex than before.)

No traffic jam survey is complete without mentioni...

2008-03-21T18:47:00.000-07:00

No traffic jam survey is complete without mentioning Bangkok!

jay whitlow said he would never drive again after ...

2008-03-21T18:30:00.000-07:00

jay whitlow said he would never drive again after viewing these images and he's glad he lives in extreme-rural kansas where he can get anywhere he wants without using a public road and sammie gave up on roads being that they go in two directions and he never could figure out which direction to go.

I will never complain about traffic here in the US...

2008-03-21T15:20:00.000-07:00

I will never complain about traffic here in the US ever again. Euro and eastern Euro traffic planners are utterly retarded.

'There isn't one in London' - certainly one in Gre...

2008-03-21T13:12:00.000-07:00

'There isn't one in London' - certainly one in Greater London, outside Hatton Cross tube station.

What about the Mixing Bowl just south of DC?http:/...

2008-03-20T23:18:00.000-07:00

What about the Mixing Bowl just south of DC?
http://www.springfieldinterchange.com/before_after.asp