In Sarasota, University Parkway, which travels, east west, has the lanes cross to the other side of the road where the entrance and exits are for the interstate. Temporarily you are driving on the left. If I am traveling east and need to get onto northbound I75, since my lanes cross over to the left side of the road, then to get on to the highway I don’t have to make a left across the westbound lanes. The same is true in the other direction. The interchange is massive, and a little confusing at first, but I am used to it now. Here is a video. What do you think? The video is old, the roadwork is already completed, and this shows what it is like to travel on these roads now.

Another intersection question I have is regarding traffic light sequences. Most large intersections I encounter have the left turning lanes go first with an arrow light, but once in a while I encounter an intersection that does the left arrow at the end, which do you think is better? Does it matter if the left lanes can also turn on the round green vs only having an arrow for the left turning lanes?

Topics: lights, roads, traffic, intersections, interchanges