have you wrote to your: • Town Manager • Town Council • State Rep • State Senator • Local Highway Department • Maine DOT

any of those might get you further than complaining into the void on reddit to people that couldn’t possibly care less

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it’s even funnier that you think any of us want to listen to your useless drivel in their place.. go complain to the proper channels if you want something done instead of whining about it on reddit. vote someone else into their place, hell, RUN FOR SOMETHING since you’re mister idea man with all the ideas!

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says the guy complaining about a maximum of 3 minutes of daily traffic on reddit. just try smoking a joint next time

Just stay in the right lane?

Yes

Yea imagine 1 center turning lane for people turning left BOTH WAYS...lol! That would be a nightmare! I just chill in the right lane when I go through there and seems to be fine!

As for the light by the police station it's not the cities fault people don't know how to drive/read signs!

My advice for anyone driving pleasant st coming in from 295:

-stay in the right lane coming off of 295 unless you have to go to one of the businesses on the left hand side of Pleasant street when you get off the interstate. If you have to go to one of those businesses (before the river road intersection) then you should start in the left lane.

-after river road, get into the left lane if you are going route 1 or stay in the right lane if you are gonna go to Maine street.

If you stay in the left hand lane from start to finish it will take you forever with people turning left all the time.

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OP is shitting on you for this suggestion but DOT and the Town already have a plan already to help solve this:

https://www.pressherald.com/2021/10/19/brunswick-moves-forward-with-4-5-million-improvements-on-congested-pleasant-street

https://www.brunswickme.org/DocumentCenter/View/6308/DRAFT---Pleasant-Street-Two-Way-Technical-Memorandum

Bro, in fairness, you opted in to the argument. Clearly you are cruising the sub to shit on folks, so you got exactly what you wanted. Your bitterness and confrontational manner reek of small dick energy.

True this!!!’ People coming from rt 1 towards that intersection almost always come to a full stop even though they have a lane dedicated to them. Its maddening.

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Not on a busy 35mph road like pleasant street!

If you’re coming off 295 and heading up route 1 north, I think it’s better to just use the Topsham exit

I always found that longer but for some people it works for them.

If you drive thru there more than once a year and are ever in one of the inner lanes without intent to turn, you're doing it wrong.

So one lane in each direction would create less traffic? That makes no sense.

I’m not on here to talk about the traffic issue, I will though mention how I think it’s crazy to me that they moved the Fire Station there, seems a little to…busy.

Life in Maine be like you can’t get there from here.

It's because the left turns make the second lane effectively useless, as through traffic gets stopped all the time for people making turns. There's tons of traffic research to back this up.

That study recommends adding turn lanes. It isn't the road diet OP desires.

More lanes typically lead to more traffic. Counterintuitive, I know.

The town has been trying to figure out how to fix this for years. There are regular public meetings discussing proposed changes, have you attended any of them? They have also done some tests to change the intersection, especially at Stanwood/Mill, to various levels of success.

>Bro, in fairness, you opted in to the argument.

Yeah, started up the brigade band.

Frankly, I can see how a dedicated left turn lane could work at that spot. Not all that unusual in lots of places.

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Distance yes. Time wise, all depends on the time of day. Topsham connector handles more traffic more easily. So with traffic it’s a toss up. Early morning/late night, pleasant street is quicker every time.

To each their own, this has been a problem since I worked in Brunswick 2009-20015

Be in the correct lane to begin with and you won't have any problem.

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Honestly, I'd rather just see them put in a divider so that left-hand turns aren't even an option, except for maybe a couple designated spots.