Comments for “Marana Transportation Master Plan”
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Need to add sidewalks on Sandario from Clark Farms Blvd to I1-10. I've seen people of all ages (including handicapped people on wheelchairs and people young and old riding bicycles) almost get struck by a car for riding on the road and/or struggling to get from point A to point B on the dirt road. Too dangerous for pedestrians.
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Everything about this underpass, overpass is unsafe, congested, confusing and maddening. It's a public safety and health nightmare. Makes the commute to work either way slow, frustrating and dangerous. I know the improvement isn't in Marana's hands, but is there no possibility of influencing ADOT on this ? There renovation some years ago was shortsighted, shoddy and destined to fail... as it clearly has.
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Building up the center of a round a bout makes it so you can’t safely check for other vehicles in the traffic pattern. This needs to be addressed. The way it currently is designed, you are better off just closing your eyes and hoping for the best
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This intersection is very dangerous during times of heavy traffic. Vehicles that are exiting the businesses in the area, and trying to turn left onto Ina Rd. often have to wait very long, or you'll see an impatient driver speed unsafely across the intersection. My son and daughter almost got hit recently by a big truck rushing across Ina to beat traffic in both directions on Ina. It's so bad, that I go around all the way to Orange Grove through Thornydale, just to avoid this exit - just to travel West on I-10 towards Gladden Farms.
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ReplyI take the same detour as I don't feel comfortable having to dart out into traffic. And if you don't then you are stuck waiting forever for a decent break!
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Re-program these traffic lights at the I-10 intersection. Traffic backs up because they get a green light to go across the over-pass, but get stuck ON the over-pass waiting for the next green light. This limits the number of vehicles that get through on one cycle, wasting 1/3 to 1/2 of the green light time. If you allow traffic to flow from ONE direction at a time through the I-10 intersection, you will alleviate congestion and driver frustration.
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So much money spent on this traffic interchange, and still the traffic lights are not optimized and still treated like two separate intersections. If the lights are re-programmed, you can allow traffic to flow better and vehicles would not have to stop in the middle of the road to wait for the next traffic light. Alternate traffic from ONE direction at a time, and allow that traffic to get through the intersection completely without interruption.
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Traffic flow at all I-10 intersections is hindered by the way the traffic lights are programmed. Traffic travelling East on Cortaro, trying to make a left onto I-10 must wait for at least 2 light cycles - even the first car at the light, to be able to get through the intersection. This is why traffic is always backed-up there. Yes, the train doesn't help sometimes, but you could alleviate traffic tremendously without an expensive interchange, until that gets built. Alternate traffic through the intersection from one direction at a time, so you don't have traffic stuck and queued up under I-10 waiting for a green light. Have someone from the state visit and observe traffic lights in El Paso, TX, to see how (very heavy) traffic can flow at I-10 intersections in a single light cycle, without vehicles stopped under I-10 or blocking the intersection.
When I have to visit the surrounding businesses, I literally drive towards Silverbell, then Twin Peaks, to get back home to Gladden Farms, rather than wait for a minimum of three light cycles to get through the intersection and onto I-10.
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ReplyAgreed. I go out of my way to avoid this intersection like the plague. The single biggest problem area in Marana, and its dead center in the middle of the town.
Like Liked 2 timesI agree with this too. Better traffic light timing is needed for now but an overpass (like Ina and Twin Peaks) is needed.
Like Liked 1 timeI agree. Changing the timing of the lights here would make a huge difference and help avoid the backup.
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The I-10 off-ramp at Cortaro should be moved further North, then business access should be opened along the frontage road. All throughout Tucson and Marana, all traffic coming off I-10 is always routed through the major intersection, even if a lot of that traffic is going to the businesses surrounding the intersection. Adding access to the businesses from the frontage road alleviates traffic at the major intersections. This is done successfully in many other places throughout the country, and we need to look no further than El Paso, TX for great examples.
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An off-ramp somewhere around here, or even another I-10 under/over pass should have been planned here before the big warehouses started being built. There will be a lot of additional traffic, and probably with big trucks that are slower at turning, that will be routed through Tangerine and Crossroads Trail, or Tangerine and Patton. Either way, you're mixing all the new residential and commercial/industrial traffic, through a single intersection at I-10, that can barely sustain current traffic.
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Additional lanes on the I-10 on ramp, to allow for traffic coming from Gladden Farms to turn right without a light, and have continuous traffic flow. Having the extra turning lane, that yields to traffic coming from the East or North, will still allow for traffic to continue and merge onto I-10.
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This frontage road should have never been closed. Traffic is being re-routed to try and cross Tangerine, only to continue on to I-10. If you re-program the traffic lights at each I-10 intersection to improve traffic flow, traffic won't be backed up like it is on Cortaro. With the additional traffic that the new giant warehouses will bring, traffic is going to be a nightmare in this area. I would love to voice my ideas on how lights should be programmed along I-10, if I can get contact info for the right person.
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Traffic light on West Tangerine, under the I-10 overpass: All traffic lights along I-10 intersections need to be re-programmed. These intersections need to be treated as a single intersection, so that vehicles going under I-10, straight or turning, can travel across the intersection un-interrupted. Currently, vehicles get a green light to travel, only to get stuck and queued up under the I-10 overpass until the next green light turns on. This greatly reduces the number of vehicles that are able to get through.
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ReplyI 100% agree, the timing of the lights is ridiculous. You can drive straight through, it takes a minimum of 2 lights to get through that intersection every single time.
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I-10 exit ramp on Tangerine is often backed up, and vehicles are stopped on the highway. I witness at least 2 near-miss accidents every month due to this problem. There is already space to have two exit lanes, and to have two turning lanes onto West Tangerine. If a second lane is added, and the lights are re-programmed to allow vehicles to pass through completely through the intersection, then this would alleviate part of the problem, without waiting for an expensive interchange.
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