> Could some objective person involved walk us
> through the basic question:
> Why do we need to move ramps? What's wrong with the
> current allignment? Is
> this all about creating "flyover ramps" to the old
> Honeywell property?
As I recall the closeness of 31st and 35/36th creates
an accident prone situation because entering traffic
from 31st is speeding up while traffic exiting at
35/36th is slowing down in the same lane.
Traffic planners say the greater distance creates a
safer freeway. Ignoring the neighborhood impact, I
think it would make the freeway safer.
For the neighborhoods, there doesn't seem to be a good
choice for an even moderately heavy traffic east/west
corridor. Nobody wants traffic in their neighborhood,
look at the traffic calming devices that have been
installed around town (I think I even saw where one
neighborhood had put speed bumbs in an alley).
Presumably most of the people exiting 35W between Lake
and Diamond Lake Road have a destination somewhere in
South Minneapolis, their home, their job, a friend or
a place of business. We should strive to let them
reach their destination as safely as possible. I
don't see the automobile going away in my lifetime,
living without out some traffic isn't going to happen.
I'm not sure what the reasoning for changes is on the
northbound side.
Terrell Brown
Loring Park
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