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Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

NineInchNachos — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:38:09 -0700

this subject matter made it into a popular seattle art magazine! http://www.cityartsonline.com/issues/tacoma/2011/08/true-grit More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

The Jinxmedic — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:30:44 -0700

Ha! More »

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ixia — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:20:49 -0700

Did Jeremy draw that with black chalk? More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

NineInchNachos — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:42:05 -0700

this just in from CLAW cadet Jeremy Gregory... More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

NineInchNachos — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:17:54 -0700

we have this bad design because of the gays and minimum wage laws... or maybe i'm missing something. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

fredo — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:43:20 -0700

Not really much reason to tie Sprague ave North into the highway 16 design. People who want to go to sprague just take the union Ave. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

thriceallamerican — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:37:18 -0700

Fair enough, fredo. There can always be innocent bystanders and I do feel for them. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

fredo — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:19:27 -0700

" If someone crashes their car into the jersey barrier, it's pretty much their own damn fault for not paying attention (or being drunk, or speeding, etc.)." thrice Wow, that's pretty hard core. You mean if a family with some little kids was pushed over the jersey barrier to their death by a semi truck behind them that didn't observe the signage it's "their own damn fault? More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

ixia — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:00:08 -0700

Signage is bad, or plain missing. There is no mention that you cannot take Sprague onto I-5 north, like it was before. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

The Jinxmedic — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:26:34 -0700

There is no excuse for bad design, especially after gaining over 75 years of experience in building limited-access highways in this country. Good design protects stupid people from themselves. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

thriceallamerican — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:34:34 -0700

It's not perfect, but let's be clear. The current "L intersection" (which in the future will be a "T intersection") is just a big intersection in the sky. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

The Jinxmedic — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:21:25 -0700

Someone will die. And it would have been preventable with GOOD DESIGN. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

NineInchNachos — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:09:38 -0700

drove the Sprague exit the other day for the first time and was rather caught off guard by the 15 mph turn. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

fredo — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:01:07 -0700

predicted by THE JINXMEDIC! All overseen by Chris Gregoire's good buddy and DOT appointee Paula Hammond. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

The Jinxmedic — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:53:03 -0700

In today's TNT! First accident involving the stupid elevated "L" off ramp intersection (drawn here as a "T" before we knew exactly how lame this idea really was) mere days after opening: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/07/07/1736810/sprague-ave-exit-has-drivers-asking.html More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

The Jinxmedic — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:23:33 -0700

Cissero: It's sort of like a mug shot. These photos will be distributed to other "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" infrastructure projects to serve as a "no hire" chart. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

cisserosmiley — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:07:51 -0700

but these are the folks that screwed it up...why are they posing? More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

NineInchNachos — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:47:56 -0700

OK, apparently "BLESSING" was just a word used by the TNT... no actual priests were involved. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

NineInchNachos — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:42:33 -0700

we are blessed. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - Ocryx and Joe discuss Highway Engineering

NineInchNachos — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:40:52 -0700

praise jesus! i wanna ride in this thing... More »