TAXIING DC-10 ENTERED ACTIVE RWY ENRTE TO DEP RUNWAY. TKOF CLRNC CANCELED FOR DEP ACFT.

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ACR X; A HEAVY DC10 INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RWY 31L VIA LEFT 'A' AND 'J.' ACFT EXITED THE RAMP AT 'K' TXWY; PASSED 'A' AND CROSSED THE HOLD LINE OF RWY 31L. NUMBER ONE RWY 31L DEP ACFT WAS CLRED FOR TAKEOFF FROM TXWY; INSTRUCTED TO CANCEL TAKEOFF CLRNC AND TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD. ACR X HAD TO BACK TAXI ONTO RWY 31L AND EXIT ON RWY 4L. MANY ACFT EXITING K; KK ENCROACH ON RWYS 31L OR RWY 22R. TOO MANY CROSSING RWYS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR INDICATED THAT ALL SURFACES ARE EITHER CONCRETE AND/OR ASPHALT. TXWY/NON-MOVEMENT AREAS ARE SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH FROM THE TWR. RPTR INDICATED THAT HE ASSUMED ALL THE TXWYS WERE LIGHTED; BUT THAT IS WAS DIFFICULT TO POSITIVELY DISCERN FROM THE TWR. HE RPTED NUMEROUS LIGHTING OUTAGES WERE FREQUENTLY INDICATED ON THE LIGHTING CTL PANEL AND SO COMMON PLACE THAT MOST CTLRS DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO RPT THEM TO THE PORT UNLESS PLTS COMPLAINED. THE RPTR DESCRIBED THE EVASIVE ACTION AS THE LCL CTLR HAVING TO CANCEL THE TAKEOFF CLRNC OF A DEPARTING ACFT ON RWY 31L AT THE TXWY Y INTERSECTION. HE INDICATED THE TURN BY THE TAXIING ACFT WAS EXPEDITED BUT NOT EVASIVE. RPTR ADDED THAT MANY CTLRS WERE IN THE HABIT OF CLRING ACFT FOR TAKEOFF WHILE STILL TAXIING E ON J OR S ON Y; SOMETIMES BEFORE THE ACTUAL DEP ROLL. THE DC-10 WAS A FOREIGN CARRIER; AND WAS TYPICALLY SCHEDULED TO OPERATE AT THE ARPT SEVERAL TIMES PER WEEK. THE RPTR INDICATED OPEN POSITIONS WERE NORMAL FOR THE TIME PERIOD. LC; GC; CD/FD AND CIC WERE ON DUTY. THE ACFT WAS RPTED AS A SINGLE TAXIING ACFT. THE RPTR WAS DOUBTFUL THAT THE SIGNAGE WAS ADEQUATE BUT HIS OPINION WAS BASED UPON A CTLR'S PERSPECTIVE; IE NUMBER OF CONFUSING INCIDENTS EXPERIENCED BY ACFT AND VEHICLES OPERATING ON THE ARPT CTL SURFACES. RPT INDICATED THAT THIS AREA (THE NUMEROUS TXWYS NW OF THE INTERSECTION OF RWYS 31L AND 4L) HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONFUSING TO OPERATING ACFT/VEHICLES. HE RPTED THAT FREQUENTLY ACFT WOULD ATTEMPT TO 'SHORT-CUT' THEIR TAXI TIME IN THIS AREA AND NOT COMPLY WITH THE EXACT INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY ATC; SOMETIMES RESULTING IN AN INCURSION INCIDENT. THE RPTR INDICATED THAT HE HAD WITNESSED A NUMBER OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS IN THIS SUBJECT AREA. HE STATED THAT THEY WERE 'PRETTY COMMON.' HE WITNESSED ONE SUCH OCCURRENCE WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.