Dedicated Truck Lanes for I-70

The innovative ideas that MoDOT has been introducing should be commended. They are going to be the leader in the 48 states at the rate they are going. I am all for the Truck Lanes only. If this improves the safety of missourians and prevents one loss of life, it is worth every penny spent. You cannot put a price tag on someones life. I will wait for the final decision, hope to see the "Truck Only" lanes in the near future.

And who are you calling stupid. If you were calling me that, you need to know that I know it is not the truckers fault. The problem is drivers that do not move over or do something to help truckers.

I did not say anything bad about the truckers, I was blaming drivers that don't respect truckers. Didn't you see my comments below?

Your just stupid. Look up the statistics on the accidents on the highway. Most are caused by stupid drivers on paying attention.

Your saying 1 lane for trucks. I drive a truck from St. Louis to Kansas City everyday. Don't blame the truckers, 90% of the problem is the people that think they know how to drive.

Yes, somebody understands that this will not work! I am not a trucker but I see how badly they are treated while interacting with cars. Cars most of the times do not respect truckes and no not move over or help truckers at all. What would be best is the "Lewis and Clark Parkway", an proposal to make I-70 in Missouri only for trucks and build a new interstate a few miles away from I-70 that is only for autos (and free of billboards)!

They would charge a toll, only to get enough money to do the project though. I have been studying I-70 in Missouri and I believe in the "Lewis and Clark Parkway", which is another concept initiated to help I-70 in Missouri. Basically, an auto's only interstate would run a few miles north or south of I-70 and it would be billboard free, truck free, and it would traverse the beautiful rolling hills and forests of Missouri, compared to I-70 which is plain old ugly and dangerous.

Awesome idea! Safer and less wear and tear on the non-truck roads. :) I also wonder how traffic will be affected by gas prices.
Just please, no tolls! I have friends in states with tolls and they're a pain! I enjoy being able to brag that we DON'T have tolls! :D

I meant to say "Wentzville" not "Wenzville".

You are right. The idea won't work. In Missouri, cities such as Wenzville (35 miles from St. Louis) and Odessa (35 miles from Kansas City), major buisinesses are located within 100 feet of I-70. To build what this video shows, almost 75 percent of everything along I-70 within the city limits of St. Louis, Columbia, and Kansas City would have to be demolished. And imagine how the traffic would flow during construction of the truck lanes. And the tolls, too. It just won't work.

Even though it will cost more, I think that we need separate interstate highways for trucks that are not anywhere near the existing interstates. I frequently travel on I-70 the entire length of Missouri and sure the trucks zoom along at 80 mph but I want to stick to the way the road is now-2 lanes in each direction with a large grass median. A possible idea would be to keep the 2 original lanes per direction and just add 1 truck lane per direction. A godd website to go is Scenic Missouri.

You know what highway really needs truck only lanes? i80 in Nebraska, they don't have truck only lanes and they have more trucks than Missouri

I am all in favor of truck lanes!!! Alot of other states have them and it is time we do so!!! Trucks are too big and are not as polite drivers as they use to be. Give them their own lane and the roads will be safer for all!

I would have to say that the idea has merit however, the patterns of truck merging are problematic. The length from the initial merge onto general purpose lanes, and then that of the merge into the truck only lanes would have to be sufficiently spaced. Otherwise, you will have slow moving trucks moving into the far left (high speed) lane and create havoc on traffic flow speeds. Also trucks leaving their lanes, will be merging into the high speed and left lane of general traffic. Dangerous!

The simplest and most sensible solution would be to run two seperate roads side by side, one for Trucks one for cars keeping the two types completely apart.