Tim is correct, this was discussed extensively during the SCTOD (South Capitol Transit-Oriented Development) set of meetings.
A redesign was recommended that addresses your point, Brian: it moves the crossing south and makes it a one-stage crossing across John Nolen. But AFAIK it was a design recommendation only, I'm not aware of any timeline for implementation. The SCTOD (South Capitol Transit-Oriented Development) set of meetings also generated design ideas to improve the Broom Street and Machinery Row intersections. Feedback on those was that Broom Street is a lower priority - there's more bike/ped crossing demand at North Shore and at Machinery Row; The Machinery Row intersection is a complex mess and unlikely to improve much, short of a major (hundreds of millions $$) reconstruction. On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 5:31 PM, tim wong <[email protected]> wrote: > This was discussed extensively during the oddly named SCTOD (South Capitol > Transit-Oriented Development) set of meetings. I can't remember exactly > what came out of the North Shore one, but I know the Broom St. crossing, > while somewhat weird, requiring a diagonal crossing against traffic at West > Wilson, crossing Nolen in one light. The final recommendations might be > online. > > This has been discussed by bikies types ever since they reconfigured the > Broom intersection however many years ago that was. As usual, bicyclists > get the shaft while we "green light" (literally) the cars racing to and from > the suburbs. > > The worst problem of the whole lot is keeping that exit next to Machinery > Row open. There was discussion about closing that exit and having that > exit/entrance instead be a sort of extended Hancock St. south of Nolen. > This makes sense. I suspect nothing will really move too much on this until > some bicyclist gets killed by a cellphone-babbling or texting motorist who > ignores the sign to look both ways (instead of just left) at the bike path. > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 5:14 PM, cloudydays33 <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hello Esteemed Bikies, >> >> Can anyone share the background of why pedestrians and bicyclists have to >> wait through two traffic-light cycles when crossing John Nolen Drive at N >> Shore Drive and Williamson Street? (One to cross the right turn lanes, and >> then another to cross the street itself.) >> >> Is there a way that peds/bikes could be better accommodated at these >> crossings? I imagine this has been discussed here before and I apologize if >> I am re-hashing an old conversation. >> >> Any ideas how this might be improved? >> >> Yours in community, >> Brian Lavendel >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > > -- > "If we continue to consume the world until there's no more to consume, then > there's going to come a day, sure as hell, when our children or their > children or their children's children are going to look back on us--on you > and me--and say to themselves, 'My God, what kind of monsters were these > people?'" > > --Daniel Quinn > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
