Thanks for the heads up. As a Tenney-Lapham resident myself, I've long thought that this conversion should be done. The level of traffic on these streets really serves to divide the neighborhood. I was surprised that they didn't pilot a 2-way Johnson a couple years ago when they rebuilt Gorham.
Bill On Jul 29, 2011, at 11:52 AM, David Waugh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear fellow bikers, > > My Tenney Lapham neighborhood could use assistance. The council will soon be > voting on whether or not the city should hire consultants to study turning > Johnson/Gorham into two-way streets. These two streets are incredibly > dangerous for my neighborhood. Imagine teaching your kids to bike and having > nightmares they will go anywhere near these streets, where the average car is > going 10+ over the speed limit on this narrow, residential street. > > Unfortunately, there is a strong movement to kill this study. I beg you, in > the name of improving safety for all bikers in my neighborhood, please send a > message to [email protected] and ask that the city proceed with > funding this study. Please give them your address and what side of the city > you live on. > > Here is why it is important: > > 1. Vastly improving safety on this residential street > 2. Progressive cities are waking up and realizing that two-way streets are > safer, and more easy to navigate. > 3. The housing along these streets would improve as families and longer term > renters move back to the street > 4. Revive the ailing business district around Paterson. > > Note, Gorham was reconstructed two years ago and traffic was diverted to East > Washington without the feared congestion. > > Thank you for this consideration, > > Kind Regards, > David Waugh > 1213 East Mifflin Street > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
