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

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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 лет назад

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

@chaz706 9 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@the80386 6 лет назад

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

@dannelson8556 4 года назад

It was first developed in 1985.

@johnwillyn 4 года назад

how do you even think a gal could do that?

@Kg277 9 лет назад

The eternal drift.

@blamudia8474 8 лет назад

that drift tho

@candidfellow 7 лет назад

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

@blamudia8474 7 лет назад

***** its life....

@candidfellow 7 лет назад

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

@blamudia8474 7 лет назад

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

@candidfellow 7 лет назад

+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'?

@fzklan7535 Год назад

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

@arsailman 7 лет назад

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

@mikewest712 7 лет назад

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

@caryhuff8924 8 лет назад

What a great invention.

@jamesfrench7299 8 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@jamesfrench7299 7 лет назад

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

@nonamewhodis 2 месяца назад

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

@noway5471 7 лет назад

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

@lynnleigha580 6 лет назад

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

@eugenexu4053 10 лет назад

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

@Syaudah 4 года назад

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

@plumbingstuffinoregon2471 6 лет назад

Hes just gotta let everyone know he drives a Prius.

@aegiseurobeat4559 4 года назад

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

@ycnexu 9 лет назад

Genius. That's what progress looks like.

@atexnik 9 месяцев назад

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

@NebraskaGonvilleJones 7 месяцев назад

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

@benchoflemons398 5 месяцев назад

@@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.

@zeffery101 5 лет назад

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 года назад

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 лет назад

This is on the Golden Gate Bridge, too!

@fayizalshehei2257 10 лет назад

Thanks for those who make our lives easier

@buzzcagney8957 Год назад

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

@manioso 2 месяца назад

The best system for road usage and maintenance.

@S30Uploads 10 лет назад

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

@AssertiveAngel 5 лет назад

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

@theunknownguy265 3 года назад

He has the best drifting skills

@chithead415 7 лет назад

"its like a giant slow moving vehicle in traffic"

@georgerascon1825 7 лет назад

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

@eatmyskids 7 лет назад

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 года назад

If you look closer it doesnt impede traffic at all

@wristocrat Год назад

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

@jctiah 6 лет назад

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

@sukuvar 9 лет назад

excellent...solution...

@NicholasLittlejohn 7 лет назад

10 News Prius, good job!

@Riverbend1752 4 года назад

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.

@ryanh3285 6 месяцев назад

So the barrier is just layed there and not fixed?

@TheFiddleFaddle 9 лет назад

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 лет назад

Do you remeber when the zipper broke down?

@Sant_Lord 9 лет назад

Good job

@Z0MGH4X 7 лет назад

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

@aliakl6705 10 лет назад

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,

@sunnyspeed-studio 7 лет назад

so it requires 2 drivers?

@Bmywudt2 3 месяца назад

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

@assholecritic7466 5 лет назад

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

@mikesanders2861 7 лет назад

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

@JordanMSeverns 7 лет назад

hardhat lady is very confused

@Lunavii_Cellest 3 года назад

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

@7omsi7or 10 лет назад

Nice... but about the cost?

@salehalhamdan1303 10 лет назад

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

@SunnyWu 7 лет назад

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

@augustuscurnow 2 года назад

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.

@sparkymike83 9 лет назад

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

@RayanMufti 9 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

I know, I live in Hackney

@jackiegoodwin4488 9 лет назад

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 лет назад

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)

@khalid01234 10 лет назад

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

@paulwilliams5208 4 месяца назад

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

@AlexanderChipliev 9 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@Put-in-shepherdofthecursed 9 лет назад

Грех сравнивать. Смешно

@putumban7738 3 года назад

Multi track drifting?!?!

@criticalthinker7822 Месяц назад

"Sitting sideways"

@ttxxxxxxtt 10 лет назад

مشاءالله هذا الشغل الي مايحتاج عماله ولا معدات ضخمه

@DrRenegade 4 года назад

Deja vu!

@forgetok 10 лет назад

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

@user-zo4vq2lj7w 10 лет назад

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

@ff555ff 10 лет назад

موجوده عندنا في تقاطع الشميسي مع العليا العام

@Workdaystinky 9 лет назад

Cool I just saw it

@tkn511 10 лет назад

ابدااااع

@arjunmangal5281 9 лет назад

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

@NGNEER98 8 лет назад

+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 года назад

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

@ChadKovac 5 лет назад

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

@i_3z 10 лет назад

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

@binmzoi5374 10 лет назад

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??

@LOSTTEMPLAR 7 лет назад

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

@user-jw2wj5gt1g 10 лет назад

كلام كثير وصار تطور كبير في التوسعه

@Rocky_Intertidal 7 лет назад

Chris Christie liked this.

@XINSIDE2009 10 лет назад

Нам до такого жить да жить...

@alloronan 10 лет назад

Funny, had that in Australia for years.

@YTN3rd 10 лет назад

We have lights above the road that indicate if the lane is inbound or outbound, not the moving barrier thou.

@goldenone3489 7 лет назад

alloronan congratulations

@arssh77 10 лет назад

اووووف يا سلاااام ، وعاشت التنميه طييط

@alza3eem456 10 лет назад

شغل نظيف.

@sadayukinaga9363 6 лет назад

DEJA VU I HAVE BEEN IN THIS PLACE BEFORE

@GangstaOOluv 10 лет назад

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

@koutaku9203 7 лет назад

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

@sayn1474 7 лет назад

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

@iheartlreoy8134 6 лет назад

Sayn14 and you shit in the street

@the80386 6 лет назад

that's why indian road system is so inefficient

@randomchannel5386 7 лет назад

the gopro from my 10 news prius im dead

@mal7onaif 10 лет назад

شي عجيب بصراحة ناس فاهمة

@user-yc7bp7wc3i 10 лет назад

انشهد مايردناا غير الصبه

@bry120 Год назад

In Australia, they just use signs

@johnd8892 11 месяцев назад

But more crashes causing injury and delays on the Sydney Harbour Bridge for instance.

@silverclouds3 10 лет назад

كوين فيكتوريا.. الإملاء عندك يبي له صبات عشان ماتتلخبط الحروف وتتداخل على بعض 😝

@ekramomar6801 10 лет назад

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

@emadziad7914 10 лет назад

زي الرياض بالضبط

@komoribox 10 лет назад

これはすごい！ワクワクする！

@Aliensleek 7 лет назад

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

@slm_zz 10 лет назад

Good

@mohammedal-mutairi6363 10 лет назад

ذكرني بخريص الرياض، تطور احسن من ككدا

@simonkraemer3725 4 года назад

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 года назад

Come to California! Sometimes 6 lanes arent enough.

@atexnik 5 месяцев назад

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

@atexnik 5 месяцев назад

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