Bel Aire Plaza traffic maze - Napa, California

It has its good hours and has its bad hours. It's the place you might shop only if you plan when you go, to avoid that dreaded traffic maze so many people have talked about over the years. In this documentary I explore the bizarre mish-mash of design flaws that contribute to regular traffic headaches here. Do the problems here scare shoppers away? Hopefully the right people will be watching this, and perhaps we can hope for a future makeover of this shopping plaza. In this economy, every shopper's dollar counts and we can't afford to lose business to a badly designed shopping center.

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[napachick]

I live within walking distance of that plaza so my teenagers love to walk over and have lunch or shop at Copperfields and I worry every time since people drive so insane there... great job!

[bwelmhouse1]

Thank you! It's definitely not pedestrian friendly there.

[1010shaz]

wow Seth...great production...you done it!! x..I couldn't believe those cars jumping the red lights..I have never seen that before...you are a great reporter too... fantastic bit of filming! ...xx

[bwelmhouse1]

Thanks. Yep, it's an extra bad spot for red light running. Almost been creamed there many times.

[pernodboi]

Nice film-making!

[bwelmhouse1]

Hey thanks! :)

[nativeninjuh]

haha i spent 8 hrs at tht target there lol

[Novalogic54]

I live off of Redwood and I go here a lot. Its not that bad to me but maybe thats because Im use to it. For someone that hasnt been there it could be confusing. .

[belairerocks]

This sounds more like people in Napa dont know how to drive more than anything. Every shopping center has bad traffic when its popular and everyone wants to go there. If you cant wait a few minutes for great shopping then you can drive down the street to the run down P.O.S. strip malls and eat at sizzler.

[zachgeyer]

dont go to Bel Aire Plaza then

[Trying2HelpUs]

Awesome Vid!

[ifixzs]

Great clip! I sat there once and watched 27 out of 30 drivers run the stop signs. Beware.

[marinerfan76]

its justa real mess going in and out of the bel aire plaza