Lights, Cameras,......CONGESTION!

This blog was never going to be about just traffic. However, it seems that traffic is on my mind more than ever as of late. That said I decided that it is high time I update this blog. Oddly enough, I have gotten emails and comments from readers--other than myself. Amazing. I really thought no-one bothered to read this. But enough of that on to the real post.

It seems that the glorious designers of the new Briggs-Chaney/ Rt 29 overpass thing (I prefer the term cluster fuck) saw it necessary to install not one but two stop lights within about 25-50 feet of each other. This alone is not a problem in my mind as this is a huge intersection and a light is needed, hell even two lights are okay the problem is no one bothered to time the damn things so they cycle in unison. This is causing many cars to be stuck in this intersection as they come off Rt 29 and the cars on Briggs-Chaney (that light now being green) can't move though the intersection. Gods forbid an emergency vehicle needed to get though there. I know that stop light timing can't be easy but this has been like this for weeks now. Anyone else having a problem at that intersection? (yes that was a shameless request for more comments....those comments keep me doing this)

Also, as if we need another reminder that the area is growing way too fast, try traveling east on Briggs-Chaney (toward Old Gunpowder Road and I-95) one morning. It seems that when that Cross-Creek development was put in traffic was light enough for only a stop sign to be needed at that intersection. That same stop sign now backs traffic up to the MoCo Police Station at times. A light is needed there. I have no idea how old that development is but I doubt it's been there more than five years.

My bottom lines:
Please read this and comment
The area is growing faster than the roads, other infrastructure, and Police can handle
Development has totally fucked up Briggs-Chaney road.

One side note, did you know that you can't have ammo shipped to MoCo? Nope, can't do it. Can have it shipped to areas with higher crime rates like Baltimore Co or PG Co though. Stupid.

Traffic traffic and more traffic

Sorry it's been a while since my last post......my new job is keeping me busy.

Today I am simply going to rant about traffic in the general RT29 Briggs Chaney Road area. There is a new ramp going in to 29 from Briggs Chaney. Very nice maybe now I won't worry about dieing while attempting to merge off of 29 north. However one still may not make it up the ramp from 29 south and live to tell the tale. In fact, over the weekend I was traveling up said ramp to find that some moron had broken down on the ramp. Ok that happens and that fact alone did not lead me to believe that this driver had an IQ below 60. However, the fact that he moved a construction barrel behind the van and walked off did.

It seems that we are doing nothing but building roads up here. No new schools. No new office buildings really. And it's rather obvious (given this van situation above) that there are not enough county police officers to patrol all these new roads.

Anyone see an end in sight?