ALSANCAK AXIS – LATE EVENING MERGE FROM APARTMENT CLUSTERS

West of the main commercial strip, large apartment clusters feed directly into the Alsancak Axis. These are not single-home exits. They are multi-vehicle discharge points.

The exposure forms when multiple departures align within minutes.

Time pattern: 21:00–23:30, especially Fridays and Saturdays.

During these hours, social return begins. Residents leave apartment complexes toward restaurants, cafés, or eastbound leisure zones. The corridor itself is not congested, but flow is continuous and moderately paced.

A typical sequence unfolds:

Vehicle A exits an apartment gate and merges westbound into the coastal axis.
Within 20 to 40 seconds, Vehicle B from the same cluster follows.
Approaching corridor traffic recalibrates for the first merge.
The second merge occurs before spacing fully stabilizes.

The compression multiplies.

Unlike isolated residential exits, apartment clusters generate wave discharge. One successful merge reduces following distance in active flow. The next vehicle encounters a tighter and more dynamic gap environment.

Gap acceptance becomes more aggressive.

Historically, as mid-rise apartment development intensified in Alsancak through the late 2010s and early 2020s, inland density increased without proportional restructuring of access spacing. The corridor remained linear. Discharge frequency intensified.

Lighting at this hour alters perception. Interior apartment lighting contrasts sharply with the darker roadway. Drivers exiting from well-lit compounds adjust slowly to lower roadway visibility. Conversely, approaching drivers may misjudge the speed of a vehicle accelerating from a darker forecourt.

The structural seam forms under three overlapping conditions:

Clustered residential discharge
Continuous corridor rhythm
Reduced nighttime depth perception

The risk is not excessive speed. It is cumulative merge timing under wave release.

Alsancak Axis at late evening does not experience constant heavy traffic. It experiences repeated small merges into steady flow.

Each merge is manageable alone.
In sequence, they narrow tolerance.