At times, the thing motorists have most in common isn’t their destination to a particular location, but rather a quizzical look at the how and why a road system was allowed to develop over the years.

It’s no secret to anyone who has traveled over the Causeway into Ship Bottom that traffic on Ninth Street can back up quickly, in season as well as in the off-season. Is it the traffic light at the intersection with Barnegat Avenue? Or the traffic signal at Central Avenue less than a mile away?