Comment 91454

By ScreenCarp (registered) | Posted August 27, 2013 at 21:24:27 in reply to Comment 91396

I disagree that one way streets are worse for pedestrians. There's actually been an increase of pedestrian "interactions" with vehicles on James, John and Wilson since they converted. Simply put, you need to look both ways on a two way street, but only one way on a one way street.

I'm not sure it effects commerce anymore. GPS, smart phones and just the inertia of driving often prevent spontaneous shopping stops. What does improve commerce is pedestrian and bike traffic so I appreciate your points about transit and cycling. I think two way bike lanes on one way streets would mitigate concerns.

I completely agree that there are lot's of opportunities to remove lanes and slow traffic. I'd like to see most of the curb lanes on Main, Cannon and the wide parts of King replaced with protected bike lanes, 24 hour street parking and turning lanes.

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