I agree with this post and i fall into the "control-freak" category.  lol. 

I've been watching this construction and feeling similarly pessimistic that it would do any good at all with traffic flow. *sigh*

Isn't there going to be TWO left turn lanes?  Won't this double the amount of cars that can go at one light?  How does this not help?

There are two turn lanes, but not where the bottleneck is. Right now, when the light turns green to start going over the bridge, the left arrow at the other end simultaneously turns green. There is no bottleneck over the bridge, because there is no delay. The bottleneck is down the hill on 347, where there is only one lane of access to turn. They did not add a second turn bay prior to going onto the bridge, so there is no increased capacity where the backup is happening.

Cars approaching this will see a backup of the same length and proceed to do the same thing they have always done.

The ONLY way this will improve flow is for drivers to treat the first through lane as a turn bay and then the drivers in the turn bay immediately going into the left most turn lane. That way drivers in the through lane can move into the right most left turn lane. That would effectively make it two left turn bays and reduce congestion.

So fellow Maricopans, the only hold up to having an orderly flow of traffic are the control freaks that insist you wait in line. Just allow two orderly lines to form and your traffic nightmares will be solved.

Um, they should wait in line.  Either way this solves nothing.  Way to go ADOT!  lol.

Guess you're not interested in improved traffic flow, huh?

No, sorry, not today.  Try me tomorrow   I just like to think i'm just as important as the people who cut in line. 

It's called common courtesy, look it up.  lol.

That's the kind of attitude that will keep us stuck with traffic problems. I'm suggesting that if everyone in the left turn bay were to move into the left most turn lane, then the next lane over could have unfettered access to the second turn lane. This would effectively do what ADOT couldn't or wouldn't: give us two turn bays.

There's absolutely nothing dangerous about this, unless you get people that staunchly refuse to break the silly concept of a "line".

This is called common courtesy. When you have sole access to two lanes, the curteous thing to do would be to move into the other lane so more people can smoothly flow through.

Nah, I think most of us think you're wrong on this one Jason.  I don't think you know much about traffic flow or anything of the sort.  I think you're thinking from your point of view but in reality people are supposed to line up and file into that space, not unsafely cut off other drivers to save time.  Plus a solid white line indicates that you shouldn't cross it.

Facts is facts. 

See, you're not reading what I'm saying, you're reading what you think I'm saying. I'm not saying that anyone should cut off someone else. I'm asking for a little cooperation so that we can get what ADOT didn't give us: two left turn lanes. Is that too much to ask?

And no, a solid white line does not mean that you shouldn't cross it.