I was going to mention that. Instead of the massive parking lot formerly environmentally aware Common Wealth wants to build next to Stinkweather Creek, some of us have suggested that Atwood Avenue have parking in that stretch, in order to reduce that gigantic paving project.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Eric Sundquist <[email protected]>wrote: > Forgot to mention a biggie: On-street parking. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Eric Sundquist <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tue, March 30, 2010 9:55:37 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Bikies] road design impacts considered > > >What should we do to address this issue? From an engineer's > >perspective, what's the issue here? > > I'm not an engineer but have read a lot of this literature. I guy I know > from Georgia Tech, Eric Dumbaugh (now at Texas A&M) has done a lot of good > work on this. > > Basically, as the article says, we've tried to make roads straighter and > wider in the name of safety, even banning benches and landscaping in the > "recovery zone" next to urban arterials (which is where the sidewalk is, > which says a lot about whose safety is being considered). > > But that strategy invites speeding. Speed limits have little effect -- as > we will see in Madison if we do as the alder wants and lower the speed limit > on Stoughton Road without changing the design. > >
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