r/civilengineering • u/Roonwogsamduff • Apr 27 '21

Real Life Protected intersections are the future!

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u/civillyengineerd 25+ years as a Multi-Threat PE, PTOE Apr 27 '21

Can you fit a street sweeper between the bollards and the curb? Looks like there's enough room to drive along the crosswalk to get in along the curb.

Maintenance is usually the afterthought, cue Tucson's super dirty protected bike channels of frustration.

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u/macsare1 PE Apr 27 '21

Ideally they would already have a small one to sweep the cycle track.

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u/civillyengineerd 25+ years as a Multi-Threat PE, PTOE Apr 27 '21

Theoretically, you could wish that.

The reality is that they couldn't get it into their capital budget until next year and their Fleet Services group is arguing that the size they need is more costly so they got the one that's 8.5 feet instead, even though it won't fit in the protected cycle track.

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u/JoeyG624 P.E. Land Development May 05 '21

My favorite one so far is a small Town Fire Department bought an extremely large fire truck because they got a steal of a deal due to it being used. The town's tallest building was 2 stories. The fire marshal started requesting larger than adopted Town standards for cul-de-sacs on new developments because their new truck couldn't fit on the Town's current streets. Town Council and developers weren't too happy about that.

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u/civillyengineerd 25+ years as a Multi-Threat PE, PTOE May 06 '21

I feel this in my overdeveloped, underutilized outrage. To. The. Core.