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> The increase in traffic if the I35W ramps are moved to 38th Street would have
> a significant impact on our neighborhoods. 35th and 36th Streets have natural
> "traffic-calming" features - they are narrow and don't shoot straight through
> South Minneapolis in either direction. 38th street would quickly become a
> 40-mile-per hour thoroughfare from the freeway to Hiawatha.
Baloney! The traffic is not naturally calmed on either 35th or 36th streets.
People barrel through there like their pants are on fire. Ask the people on the
corners who, many of them, have give up replacing their fences. These two streets
were changed so that the traffic can "shoot straight through" Central. Then they
return to a more natural stae once they hit Powderhorn.I'm not impressed with the
dunce-cap engineering that went into creating this mess.
WMarks, Central
>
>
> Pedestrian areas such as Sabathani Community Center and Bancroft School would
> suffer, I'm afraid, not to mention our nice Bancroft Meridian Garden.
>
> What if there was NO freeway entrance at all between 46th Street and Lake
> Street? What if the Lake Street ramps were upgraded and re-designed, and
> appropriate access was built in and around the ramps, in order to safely and
> effectively accommodate the increased traffic and route it to the
> commercial/industrial area that people envision for Lake Street and Nicollet?
> Then we could protect our residential/light commercial areas from auto
> invasion, rather than dividing the neighborhoods against each other on this
> issue.
>
> If we are ever going to make a commitment to reduce our dependency on the
> automobile, we have to start somewhere. What if we move forward with the Lake
> Street access and at the same time take aggressive steps to improve public
> transportation along the 35W corridor. Then, when the new Lake Street ramps
> are completed, just close off the 35th/36th street ramps, and see if we can
> get by without them.
>
> Wouldn't that make more sense than committing ourselves to a lose/lose
> situation?
>
> -- Holle Brian
> Bancroft
> (612) 822-6593
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