Comment 78111

By highwater (registered) | Posted June 07, 2012 at 14:19:12 in reply to Comment 78101

As a driver, pedestrian, and would-be cyclist, two-way streets are the compromise. They offer the same livability as restricted one-ways, but are far more convenient and efficient for drivers who want to get around their city and not just speed through it.

Frankly, slowing the one-ways will just annoy all those through drivers you're concerned about, without offering a more flexible street grid to local drivers. I just don't see the point. Not to mention the fact that a bunch of yellow lines are considerably less costly than bump-outs, boulevards, speed bumps, and all the other suggestions that have been thrown out in this increasingly quixotic need to cling to our one-ways.

However, I believe that too often, livable streets get conflated with two-way streets. Evidence from other cities has shown otherwise, and indeed, one-way streets actually can provide opportunities to reach the livable streets goal in ways that two-way streets cannot.

Could you provide some links to this evidence, because as far as I can see, the trend is going the other way.

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