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Stay away from these intersections if you want to decrease your chances of being involved in an accident. Here are the top ten intersections for crashes in the Jacksonville Metropolitan Area based off 2020 crash data analysis.
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7 of 13 locations on Blanding. 8 of 13 on the Westside. I wonder what kind of drivers and/or situations we have on the Westside that they have such a disproportionate share of accidents.
Notably, Blanding is so wide in some places that maybe the yellow light runners don't have enough time to cross all those lanes, thus more crashes? Otherwise, is it more aggressive or less attentive drivers? Is Blanding the most congested road in North Florida?
I, for one, avoid Blanding, especially south of I-295, as much as possible. Too much traffic and traffic lights make the going very slow. Not to mention it isn't a very attractive looking road. Clay County needs to demand more from FDOT. And maybe look at their zoning density vs. road infrastructure.
^Clay County needs to look at its land use. I'd argue the conditions are more land use policy related than the road itself. FDOT can't fix that mess alone.
Quote from: thelakelander on July 13, 2021, 04:02:47 PM
^Clay County needs to look at its land use. I'd argue the conditions are more land use policy related than the road itself. FDOT can't fix that mess alone.
Agreed. The thought for FDOT was about road safety design/improvements and aesthetics (e.g. road landscaping).
It's clearly on Clay County regarding the development that feeds the traffic, planning roads that offer alternatives for traffic now forced or inclined to use Blanding and to mandate zoning requirements for signage and private property landscaping along the road frontage. Unfortunately, Clay County seems to have had, to date, a mostly hands-off approach to regulating development. They should be careful what they wish for.
Quote from: jaxlongtimer on July 13, 2021, 04:32:31 PM
Quote from: thelakelander on July 13, 2021, 04:02:47 PM
^Clay County needs to look at its land use. I'd argue the conditions are more land use policy related than the road itself. FDOT can't fix that mess alone.
Agreed. The thought for FDOT was about road safety design/improvements and aesthetics (e.g. road landscaping).
It's clearly on Clay County regarding the development that feeds the traffic, planning roads that offer alternatives for traffic now forced or inclined to use Blanding and to mandate zoning requirements for signage and private property landscaping along the road frontage. Unfortunately, Clay County seems to have had, to date, a mostly hands-off approach to regulating development. They should be careful what they wish for.
There is talk of allowing denser development in the Orange Park/Lakeside region as that area starts to become built-out and the county's goal is to become the fastest growing county in Florida within the next 20 years. That part of Blanding was already seeing over 90,000 cars per day pre-pandemic and it would sometimes take me over an hour to get from the Blanding/Kingsley intersection to the OP mall back when I used to work out there in 2019.
If they want denser development, they really need to update land use policy as Lake said and start coordinating with JTA on finding alternative methods of transportation such as commuter rail and upgraded bus service or that area will become impassable. Traffic count has more than doubled on the First Coast Expressway since the first segment opened and it's only a matter of time before traffic starts backing up there too.
Put tolls on the county line... beginning with Blanding...