{"id":4363,"date":"2013-12-17T21:08:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T04:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4363"},"modified":"2013-12-17T21:08:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T04:08:59","slug":"oddly-placed-turn-lane-has-residents-asking-wtf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4363","title":{"rendered":"Oddly Placed Turn Lane Has Residents Asking, \u201cWTF?&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/arrow-at-fulton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/arrow-at-fulton.png\" alt=\"arrow-at-fulton\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4366\" \/><\/a>There was a lot of push back on the <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/new-through-traffic-disruptive-to-quiet-aurora-neighborhood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">through streets<\/a> leading up to their completion, but the truth is, there has not been much of a negative impact on Stapleton residents.  In fact, the streets have probably led to more conveniences than inconveniences for residents.  \u201cIt probably takes 10 minutes off my drive to work,\u201d says resident John Carman.  \u201cAnd I know lots of people that kind of secretly like them.\u201d\nEven the <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/aurorans-believe-havana-can-become-great-%E2%80%9Cget-a-way-street%E2%80%9D\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Havana through street<\/a> has not caused much of an increase in Aurora traffic.  Apparently, the ones that ignored the <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/eastbridge-residents-sign-will-remain-after-havana-becomes-through-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sign<\/a> all those times are still the only ones using it.  Plus, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/dps-stapleton-wont-have-busing-parents-should-consider-uber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">school boundary issue<\/a> and still no movement on a <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/kroger-right-of-refusal-language-a-brief-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">town center<\/a>, residents have moved well passed complaining about the through streets.  Or have they?\nAs you drive on 26th and approach Fulton, you will see a large left turn arrow in the lane you are in.  If you are not turning left, which the majority of drivers there are not, you must violently swerve your vehicle to get into the non-turn lane which would naturally seem more like a right turn lane.  \u201cIt is really messed up,\u201d said resident Stew Miller.  \u201cIt just doesn\u2019t make any sense.  Every time I pass by it, I think, \u2018what the f*ck?\u201d  Other residents agree.  \u201cDo they really think traffic is going to be so busy there that they need a left turn sign,\u201d asks Jessica LaPedis.  \u201cI mean, what the f*ck?\u201d\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/quebec-street-the-ultimate-quagmire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denver traffic engineers<\/a> don\u2019t have a reasonable answer for the situation.  \u201cWell, it just seemed like a lot of pavement without any signage,\u201d said engineer Paul Rudee.  \u201cAnd, we had the paint, so we thought, \u2018hey, what the f*ck, let\u2019s paint a giant left turn arrow here.\u2019\u201d  Engineers agree that the arrow is probably pointless, however they will not change the arrow until it causes problems and not just inconveniences.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-70","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}