TRAFFIC: Drivers Get Extra Lane During Rush Hour with "Zipper" Barrier-Transfer Machines

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11 жыл бұрын

SAN DIEGO - Commuters on Interstate 15 will have some company in between rush hour commutes.
Caltrans is studying the durability and performance of its Barrier-Transfer Machines, also known as "zippers."
Each BTM moves concrete dividers that separate the Express Lanes one lane over. During April, two BTMs will move the barriers two lanes over, giving three lanes in the direction of the rush hour commute.
Express Lane drivers will have the benefit of having three lanes instead of two. Drivers going the other direction will be limited to only one Express Lane.
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@stephenwilliams4501 9 жыл бұрын

Whatever your opinion, you have to admit that the guy or gal who conceived this device was definitely thinking outside the box.

@chaz706 9 жыл бұрын

It's a good idea. Essentially getting more use out of the same amount of road. It's like expanding the high way without building more lanes. That being said though: I'd hate to be the guy in that zipper machine. 8 Miles per hour? Ugh.

@chaz706 9 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah... That... is... true... but... it... is... so... damn... *slow*...

@the80386 6 жыл бұрын

10 dollar says it was a guy. or a group of guys rather.

@dannelson8556 4 жыл бұрын

It was first developed in 1985.

@johnwillyn 4 жыл бұрын

how do you even think a gal could do that?

@blamudia8474 8 жыл бұрын

that drift tho

@candidfellow 7 жыл бұрын

what's the purpose of adding tho after your sentence?

@blamudia8474 7 жыл бұрын

***** its life....

@candidfellow 7 жыл бұрын

+LoneWolf [D] Legacy have you ever watch Dateline to catch a predator?

@blamudia8474 7 жыл бұрын

***** Please use proper english because the sentence u just wrote is NOT a correct sentence in english language

@candidfellow 7 жыл бұрын

+LoneWolf [D] Legacy if you ever watch Dateline, and you saw the Internet predator thing, you'll understand, what they do is, they set guys up with a model, know what I'm sayin'?

@Kg277 9 жыл бұрын

The eternal drift.

@fzklan7535 Жыл бұрын

Watching this video 9 years later. Life is definitely easier thanks to this machine. Glad they saw its value.

@arsailman 7 жыл бұрын

They've been using these on NY bridges for many years, and they work well in relieving congestion...

@jamesfrench7299 8 жыл бұрын

Sydney imported one of these exact machines from the states for use on a one kilometer section of Victoria Rd ( a main arterial road).It seems the then Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) deemed it the best solution when tbey opened up a second bridge of traffic lanes a few years ago. We call it the zipper as well.This is the first time I have seen one operating.

@Doubledunk 7 жыл бұрын

James French Didnt know this, what part of victoria rd has these concrete barriers?

@jamesfrench7299 7 жыл бұрын

The section between the Gladesville Bridge and the Iron Cove Bridge in Drummoyne.

@nonamewhodis 3 ай бұрын

Serious question: did they retrofit it somehow for lefthand traffic? Or it just works the same way but facing oncoming traffic?

@caryhuff8924 8 жыл бұрын

What a great invention.

@mikewest712 7 жыл бұрын

I guess the only worse color to paint this thing would be grey.

@noway5471 7 жыл бұрын

The French just had a common middle lane, later called the "suicide lane" - that was exciting !

@Syaudah 4 жыл бұрын

i think in my country, there will be more traffic jam because we all will slow down to see how the machine works . i'm from Malaysia btw

@eugenexu4053 10 жыл бұрын

Auckland has been using these barrier moving machines on auckland harbour for years

@lynnleigha580 6 жыл бұрын

This video is old but that is the coolest thing I've ever seen. Wow

@plumbingstuffinoregon2471 6 жыл бұрын

Hes just gotta let everyone know he drives a Prius.

@aegiseurobeat4559 4 жыл бұрын

Typical Prius owner for you. It doesn't help that they're in California either.

@ycnexu 9 жыл бұрын

Genius. That's what progress looks like.

@atexnik 9 ай бұрын

This is regression, in fact. People should avoid using cars that much. Car centric cities are no go.

@NebraskaGonvilleJones 7 ай бұрын

It’s the very opposite. Progress would be to have sensible public transport in the US

@benchoflemons398 6 ай бұрын

@@atexnik or maybe you should let people choose. If people choose to live in areas with car centric transit then let them be. You can go to an area with alternative transit means.

@generalnonsense1243 6 сағат бұрын

Human ingenuity. What a marvelous and mesmerizing machine!

@buzzcagney8957 Жыл бұрын

What happens if a car is directly behind the zipper? How do drivers unaware of the zipper know to not drive directly behind?

@zeffery101 5 жыл бұрын

Good news!! its still going on. Im not sure the exact times, but when in the mornings till maybe noon, it is 3 lanes southbound and it is usually 2 lanes north and southbound after that. I haven't seen 3 lanes northbound. It is only for the express lanes though.

@Michael-st9ky 2 жыл бұрын

There is no 3 lane northbound, its because the zipper can only shift the lane divider one lane over at a fix configuration. It doesnt turn around or dissemble to configure other options.

@e.b.9952 7 жыл бұрын

This is on the Golden Gate Bridge, too!

@fayizalshehei2257 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for those who make our lives easier

@manioso 3 ай бұрын

The best system for road usage and maintenance.

@chithead415 7 жыл бұрын

"its like a giant slow moving vehicle in traffic"

@georgerascon1825 7 жыл бұрын

Rob G 🤦🏻‍♀️ that's exactly what it is 😩😂

@eatmyskids 7 жыл бұрын

Except that it only moves when traffic is not at peak, and adds a lane in the heavy side for peak time. So it's not in traffic at rush hour, an extra lane is. In Chicago they have what they call the reversibles, two lanes that go in either direction. Before rush hour they block off the incoming end, and follow the traffic out to open the other side

@Michael-st9ky 2 жыл бұрын

If you look closer it doesnt impede traffic at all

@wristocrat Жыл бұрын

@@Michael-st9ky it doesn't impede it significantly at least

@S30Uploads 10 жыл бұрын

pretty cool, i seen these in san diego first at the coronado bridge

@theunknownguy265 3 жыл бұрын

He has the best drifting skills

@jctiah 6 жыл бұрын

How is this different than what was on the Coronado bridge?

@Lunavii_Cellest 3 жыл бұрын

So a more complicated splitsstrook or transated from dutch a rushhour lane.

@aliakl6705 10 жыл бұрын

great idea ,,,,how he would deal with the signs,,,,im a Eng. i would tell he will difidently will have a problem with med road trafice sign,

@AssertiveAngel 5 жыл бұрын

Puerto Rico has had these since at least 1995...

@Riverbend1752 4 жыл бұрын

Like every other thing that adds lanes to roads, this will work in the short term but not in the long term. That's just basic economics.

@Sant_Lord 9 жыл бұрын

Good job

@sukuvar 9 жыл бұрын

excellent...solution...

@ryanh3285 6 ай бұрын

So the barrier is just layed there and not fixed?

@pietrocannata1341 6 ай бұрын

I figure this out 60 years ago , believe it or not. Going to the beach as a child ,I could see all the cars were going on 2 lines while the others to lines were completely free from traffic

@puddlejumper3259 3 ай бұрын

Yeah the hard part isn't the idea. It's figuring out a good way to make it happen. You didn't do any of the legwork. And flexible lanes have been a thing for a long time. You're not the first guy to have the idea. There's about a dozen different implementations of this concept.

@Bmywudt2 3 ай бұрын

They should still have vehicles at the back and front to minimize any accidents.

@sunnyspeed-studio 7 жыл бұрын

so it requires 2 drivers?

@7omsi7or 10 жыл бұрын

Nice... but about the cost?

@tkn511 10 жыл бұрын

ابدااااع

@mikesanders2861 7 жыл бұрын

A test? We do know the capacity of 3 vs 2 lanes.

@RayanMufti 9 жыл бұрын

This video is over a year and a half now, I wonder what the decision was but wouldn't be easier and simpler to put two permanent dividers and use it as a car pool lane one way in the morning and the reverse way in the evening?!

@Numlocq 9 жыл бұрын

Nah. That will never work. People won't pay attention and they'll drive down the lane in the wrong direction and cause a catastrophe. Personally, I think the zipper truck is a great idea. They just need to find a way to make it move faster.

@SIMcityplayer2002 9 жыл бұрын

They do have one-way streets in the UK which go towards 'town' (city centre) ipad the morning rush hour, and go the other way at evening.

@Numlocq 9 жыл бұрын

I know, I live in Hackney

@jackiegoodwin4488 9 жыл бұрын

Ed Gein Sure it`ll work. We have them in BC. They`re called `counter-flow`lanes. You can`t drive down them the wrong way, there are arms that open and close at either end which would prevent some numpty from going the wrong way.

@djkonflikt713 9 жыл бұрын

They do work. We have them everywhere in Houston. They're called single HOV lanes. The have gates on each side, in the morning the lane goes inbound (towards downtown) and in the evening it flows outbound (away from downtown)

@JordanMSeverns 7 жыл бұрын

hardhat lady is very confused

@SunnyWu 7 жыл бұрын

I think in Canada they just have lights to control stuff like this... Why not just do that?

@augustuscurnow 2 жыл бұрын

It might pose too much a hazard to have only a light control what direction cars drive in, especially if it is on a freeway with no barriers to seperate flow of traffic. In Seattle, we have an entire express bridge that periodically changes directions to alleviate traffic. It goes underneath two bridges and has I think 3 lanes? I don't remember well, but there are physical gates to barricade oncoming traffic from entering at a wrong time. Even then, that is a whole bridge dedicated purely to traffic flow. I think this situation may be more efficient.

@ff555ff 10 жыл бұрын

موجوده عندنا في تقاطع الشميسي مع العليا العام

@paulwilliams5208 5 ай бұрын

it is best to adjust the lanes for the flow & not end up like Californias I5 22lanes

@sayn1474 7 жыл бұрын

In India, we don't need lanes. We drive where our hearts desire

@iheartlreoy8134 6 жыл бұрын

Sayn14 and you shit in the street

@the80386 6 жыл бұрын

that's why indian road system is so inefficient

@criticalthinker7822 Ай бұрын

"Sitting sideways"

@sparkymike83 9 жыл бұрын

during rush hour traffic, the express lane is the slow lane.

@alza3eem456 10 жыл бұрын

شغل نظيف.

@salehalhamdan1303 10 жыл бұрын

Drift &slide it's amazing شعب أتقن معنى الحياه والنظام

@assholecritic7466 5 жыл бұрын

The Auckland Harbour Bridge Motorway is a good example for this.

@khalid01234 10 жыл бұрын

8 miles par hour !! I think that is not sufficient if the Highway much longer.

@ttxxxxxxtt 10 жыл бұрын

مشاءالله هذا الشغل الي مايحتاج عماله ولا معدات ضخمه

@NicholasLittlejohn 7 жыл бұрын

10 News Prius, good job!

@arjunmangal5281 9 жыл бұрын

What happens if that express lane is busy??? You gonna add another line???

@NGNEER98 8 жыл бұрын

+ArJuN Mangal opposite sides are usually busy at different times. For example in the mornings busy is the direction from urban areas to city centre when everyone is going to work/school etc and in the evenings its the opposite.

@Michael-st9ky 2 жыл бұрын

@@NGNEER98 depends on the city. Dallas Fort-worth could be busy on both sides at rush since you have two large cities.

@putumban7738 3 жыл бұрын

Multi track drifting?!?!

@AlexanderChipliev 9 жыл бұрын

Пока в России дороги имеют россиян, в загнивающей Америке научились на ходу менять конфигурацию дорог, с помощью специальной машины для автоматического распределения полос.

@user-wx7do7yv8b 9 жыл бұрын

У нас хоть бы покрытие хорошее сделали , щебёнкой выбоины подсыпают ... стыдоба ...

@Put-in-shepherdofthecursed 9 жыл бұрын

Грех сравнивать. Смешно

@mal7onaif 10 жыл бұрын

شي عجيب بصراحة ناس فاهمة

@emadziad7914 10 жыл бұрын

زي الرياض بالضبط

@Z0MGH4X 7 жыл бұрын

With how slow it moves rush hour would be over by the time it reaches an end.

@Workdaystinky 9 жыл бұрын

Cool I just saw it

@binmzoi5374 10 жыл бұрын

ابداع ياعمي وناس تفكر.. وفيه ناس شايله هم البلد والشعب ..ماهوب في بعض الدول اللي انت خابر سرق في سرق كلن يفكر كيف يرفع حسابة??

@user-se3vm9rf8q 10 жыл бұрын

تمام

@TheFiddleFaddle 9 жыл бұрын

Saw one of these on the road in Oahu today...pretty cool. Good video, right up until "Check out the GoPro on my Prius everybody!" :-/

@batmandude1282 6 жыл бұрын

Do you remeber when the zipper broke down?

@koutaku9203 7 жыл бұрын

日本でも導入してほしいですね事故はまだしも、混雑が原因の渋滞が緩和しそう

@georgewashington8338 10 жыл бұрын

I guess people in the middle east want one of these lol

@LOSTTEMPLAR 7 жыл бұрын

I see this thing on the next fast and the furious movie. San Fransokyo drift....?....

@slm_zz 10 жыл бұрын

Good

@barreneric00 5 ай бұрын

. Sanni te

@user-jw2wj5gt1g 10 жыл бұрын

كلام كثير وصار تطور كبير في التوسعه

@komoribox 10 жыл бұрын

これはすごい！ワクワクする！

@arssh77 10 жыл бұрын

اووووف يا سلاااام ، وعاشت التنميه طييط

@7sss7sss7sss7 10 жыл бұрын

المقطع زين بس ابي أفهم وش جاك عيال ديرتنا هينا

@MrMecatalin 6 жыл бұрын

this won't work in my country because we need metal barriers between sides to stop idiots from jumping with the car over the axle of the road.

@TheCaptainSplatter 6 жыл бұрын

You guys got more public transportation options to make up for it instead I imagine. In America its car, car, oh and car.

@ChirasthiKarunathilaka 10 жыл бұрын

Woow

@AluVixapede 7 жыл бұрын

DRIFT MEMES INTENSIFY.

@Aliensleek 7 жыл бұрын

Paying to use the roads again that we all already paid for with taxes. That makes sense.

@forgetok 10 жыл бұрын

يازين مهندسينهم تفتح النفس وتجيك افكار تهول مو حنا وين ماتلتفت تشوف وجيه تجيب الهم

@user-yc7bp7wc3i 10 жыл бұрын

انشهد مايردناا غير الصبه

@Rocky_Intertidal 7 жыл бұрын

Chris Christie liked this.

@simonkraemer3725 4 жыл бұрын

Cool infrastructure project, but aren't two lanes enough for a freeway? (Random European, who barely drives cause public transit and biking is everything to him)

@Michael-st9ky 2 жыл бұрын

Come to California! Sometimes 6 lanes arent enough.

@atexnik 6 ай бұрын

@@Michael-st9kythe paradox is more lanes = more traffic jam.

@atexnik 6 ай бұрын

Exactly. But USA is heavily car addicted country, you can barely see someone walking around on foot.

@GangstaOOluv 10 жыл бұрын

Too much fun for a work,, drifting andnsliding to the side the whole highway hahahaa

@DrRenegade 4 жыл бұрын

Deja vu!

@user-ww8dv3xz2z 10 жыл бұрын

ڕووو؏ـــۃ...

@user-dk6li9lv4b 10 жыл бұрын

عندنا مثل كذا في السعوديه

@sadayukinaga9363 6 жыл бұрын

DEJA VU I HAVE BEEN IN THIS PLACE BEFORE

@slm_zz 10 жыл бұрын

اهم شي الامن والامان اجل

@khalidsaleh6750 10 жыл бұрын

جميل

@ChadKovac 5 жыл бұрын

Where I live they are taking lanes and making them pay lanes.

@9k2uu 10 жыл бұрын

clever

@MrAhm373 10 жыл бұрын

تقدم وو تطور

@xXGoldenGloveXx 7 жыл бұрын

why does she need a helmet?

@juggolotus28 7 жыл бұрын

she's special needs

@i_3z 10 жыл бұрын

الاخ اللي يقول جاي من اليسار مسرع اصلا اذا جاي مسرع ما راح ياثر وجودها عليك لانها بتفك لك مسار جديد واذا انت عالجهه الثانيه فهي من بدري مقفله المسار واذا تجاوزتها تلقى مسار اضافي

@turkieid318 10 жыл бұрын

كوين فكتوريا . الله من زين الاملاء

@user-zo4vq2lj7w 10 жыл бұрын

هاذي الحركة تصلح بين مخرج 33 ومخرج 27 الصباح يحطونها باتجاه الشمال والعصر يحطونها باتجاه الجنوب ،، بس بنردد يالليل مطولك ،، ليت الرياض كلها مثل مخرج 11 وااااو

@mohm00117744 10 жыл бұрын

الراتب مايكفي الحاجه

@ekramomar6801 10 жыл бұрын

احب اقول للأخ jedhboy ان شوارع اليمن أحسن بمليوون مررة مافيها مطبات أو تكسيرات روح عدن وشوف كيف شوارعها وربي تفتح النفس من ايام الاحتلال البريطاني وحتى الان لازالت بالنظام الاوروبي