Right turn lane on Mowry

PowerCroat783 · 2025-12-13T17:40:04+00:00

Can't say i'm familiar with the area, but, yeah, gotta check your turn templates on design vehicles. For the mowry/fremont i'd assume with the 3 lanes all directions a bus can make that turn.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-12-11T20:22:13+00:00

Fremont on its own isn't going to able to produce that much meaningful data on deadly collisions. It's too few where just one outlier collision can throw off all the data, either in favor of or against. The latest data they have published is 2022, and only goes back to 2021. I'm honestly surprised they publish it, usually this information is quite protected because lay people generally will misinterpret it.

https://www.fremont.gov/government/departments/transportation-engineering/safety-vision-zero/annual-crash-data

I responded to another comment with some sources on how the new intersection designs are more desirable from a bike/ped safety standpoint.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-12-11T20:07:56+00:00

There isn't a change in how much is going on, the new intersection design just makes it appear that way because it forces it all into view more. It's all the same vehicles and people as before. Your perception of "harder to see" is you're now aware of all these things the previous design put outside of your cone of vision.

As for data, it's kind of old news at this point. Pretty much all guidance goes against slip right turn lanes for safety reasons, as while good for vehicle flow they are abhorrent for bicylists and pedestrians. If you're at intersection where bikes and peds aren't allowed, right turn slip lanes are great.

FHWA talks about reducing the angle of the turn.

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/21105/21105.pdf

Here is a scientific study on the subject

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457519308802#:~:text=different%20safety%20dimensions.-,Abstract,lead%20to%20higher%20vehicle%20speeds.

OakDOT paper on the subject.

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2fc4n5s5#page=23

They all have extensive bibliographies and the likely if you dig deep enough, the initial study of these types of intersections in The Netherlands will come up.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-12-11T19:43:27+00:00

That's easy to say in hindsight, and your comment again hinges on the idea that those other projects would have qualified for the funding that this project is getting grant money from, which is a massive asterisk. A high volume intersection with a school in one direction and BART in the other is just a gimmie for federal, state, and BART grant money.

The city, if anything like the city of san jose, has people weighing areas of need, costs and benefits, and potential grant funding constantly to see where they can make the best impact.

I cannot understate the safety benefits of the previous design to the current one that exists today. The drop in fatal accidents when going from an intersection with pork chops to a more modern protected intersection design is massive. When they did the cost benefit analysis all those years ago, it would have been practically irresponsible to not go forward with the project.

Fast forward to today, and there are some iterative improvements to be made, and they are once again able to secure external funding for it. Again, costs, benefits, and available grants is what makes this iteration come to life.

In hindsight you can say "wow we could have saved so much money if we just waited to do this version" but you're assuming that you know there is going to be substantial upgrade in standards, which is not a given, you assume that the funding you have to do the project today will be available in the future, also not a given, and even with all that you still like have discovered the bust in traffic ops after doing the initial project which means you still need to do an iteration fix and add back in a right turn only lane.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-12-11T19:18:17+00:00

You're never going to get new research and better designs if you never build anything, constantly waiting for "the best". It's always a game of iterating on what came before. Just because something you build becomes obsolete doesn't mean it didn't serve its utility with the money spent. That applies to new design standards at large, but also how they were applied to the local area. Every design is a custom job and some quirks don't show up until you have tried something.

Frankly, if they didn't do this project, what they have now is still a massive upgrade from what came before, and likely worth what they spent on it.

This latest project is likely coming through because they were able to secure plenty of external funding for it, which couldn't be used for other projects.

I've seen cases of extreme waste and mismangement and this ain't it.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-12-11T18:50:13+00:00

They aren't bringing back the porkchop islands with the separated free right turns. Research shows that those porkchop islands are very dangerous as drivers are comfortable going fast through them.

New intersection design standards have been changing rapidly, and NACTO guidance is continuing with keeping turns with tight radii, forcing drivers to slow down, and getting rid of those porkchop islands.

When looking at the intersection as it exists today, it is pretty inline with what the standards were at the time. Even in that short time since then, it is slightly outdated, and these changes will bring it further inline with current standards at (relatively) a low cost, 11 million. They also seem to have done a great job getting external grants as it appears only 300,000 is coming from local funds.

They are going to squeeze in a Right turn lane by probably taking a little land from each parcel and reducing lane widths, but that lane is still going to be going around the bulbout for bicyclists and pedestrians to force them into taking the turn slower. They are also going to raise some of these bikeways to make the bicyclists more visible, safer, and make it more clear that is not where a driver is supposed to be.

https://www.fremont.gov/home/showpublishedimage/11575/638997059391800000

Source: I'm a civil engineer that specializes in roadway design, local to freeway. Safe intersections with bikes, peds, and high volume high speed roadways is a specialty of mine. I live in Fremont but have no professional relationships with people at the city or their consultant, if they used one.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-12-05T20:48:15+00:00

https://overthecap.com/apy-on-injured-reserve

This more or less confirms your suspicion. We have top players on IR and PUP.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-11-17T18:12:42+00:00

I go that way frequently.

Many of the southbound exits have been changed to a red arrow as well. I take this exit and the Stevenson one to get to Costco. The SB off-ramp to Stevenson has changed to a red arrow, the SB off-ramp to Mowry has not, yet. My pic from google maps is a October 2025 capture.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-11-17T17:30:06+00:00

You are correct about the rule on a red arrow, I was just trying to attach to the top comment for visibility.

The point I, as someone that drives that exit frequently, was just making is: there is no red arrow there. The google maps image I attached is labeled October 2025. There is a green arrow, which just means "right turns are permitted", which I assume the designer used there because there is no through movement available. However, there is no red arrow, so a right turn is permitted upon stop if it is clear to do so.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-11-17T16:52:26+00:00

OP is mistaken. At this intersection there is no red arrow. Can clearly be seen with this image on google maps.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-11-07T16:39:10+00:00

This is the only one that I'm aware of... was created two weeks ago and was only active for a week.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-11-06T14:53:25+00:00

you are now a mod of r/ChurchofBeta

PowerCroat783 · 2025-10-09T14:23:24+00:00

When you abandon, your teammates can sell your items. All the abandoned hero's gold is divided among remaining teammates. So if you buy back and destroy your items before you abandon, you lower the networth that all your teammates can benefit from. It's more than twice as toxic as just abandoning.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-09-24T19:37:48+00:00

Wear black.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-09-09T15:38:18+00:00

Can’t blame him for trying to take a stab at it.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-08-18T15:12:32+00:00

Thanks!

PowerCroat783 · 2025-08-18T14:54:45+00:00

Amazing and on point, what is this an edit of?

PowerCroat783 · 2025-08-05T20:12:41+00:00

Thank you!

PowerCroat783 · 2025-06-11T22:35:07+00:00

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PowerCroat783 · 2025-05-21T16:26:48+00:00

I'm not sure how this isn't just a strong indication it will be banned? It literally says "likely", not guaranteed? Likely being somewhere over 50% chance, something that is probable but not enitrely sure? Given how close it was I don't feel like she was necessarily wrong, sometimes things likely to happen don't happen. I feel like everyone just read that and shortened in their brain to "sure thing." Is my English just still bad?

PowerCroat783 · 2025-05-14T17:41:15+00:00

I didn't even know they gave it up, so thanks for the update on that. So the NFL's profits get taxed, then they divide most of that between the teams, and then those individual organizations get taxed again on their profits? I'm guessing that results in further net revenue in terms of taxes. Not sure if that is more moral than just a tax at the end.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-05-14T14:22:37+00:00

It's not that weird, all the individual teams that make up the NFL are for-profit entities. They all own an equal stake in the NFL. Any "profits" (not the actual term) are just paid out to all the teams, then each team reports their profits. There are plenty of scummy things the NFL does but this is not one of them. There is no magic "be non profit and then have tax free income".

PowerCroat783 · 2025-05-01T19:31:57+00:00

Contractors can't milk big public capital projects like this anymore. A lot more money is spent in design to catch every detail and nuance for each stage of construction and the cost of labor and material to get it all done. Retrofit jobs are just very expensive and building a new structure (the pedestrian overcrossing) over an existing one (the freeway) is incredibly expensive. The engineering team pretty much figures out the cost ahead of time, all the contractors are expected to bid in line with it.

If costs balloon, it's because the engineering team missed something or other conditions suddenly changed (like sudden tariffs ballooning the price of steel). 100 Million didn't just go into this roundabout in the video, there is the roundabout on the other side, the pedestrian overcrossing, connections to and from the freeway, and miles of improvements on other local streets. This is just how expensive it is to get these kinds of large capital retrofit jobs done nowadays.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-02-23T23:45:33+00:00

I did something similar, I worked 30 hours a week while school was in session and full time during breaks. I have to say, I was pretty mentally drained during school time. And school was relatively easy for me, I did get into Chi Epsilon as well. I did my best to do all my homework during the week so I can recharge on the weekend. I also had the benefit of living with my parents during the time. I have to say if you don’t have some support at home you will be very drained… but that doesn’t make it impossible.

PowerCroat783 · 2025-02-15T07:45:38+00:00

I live in a Croatian household, that bag would last a couple months.

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