What a well thought out and rational analysis! My question is how can you
get a proposal like this to be considered by the road powers. It makes a
lot of sense because it fits into the original thinking of the planning
process. However many of the problems that we have with our highway
system stem from imposition of political priorities into the current
planning process.
Of course, the same line of reasoning can also be applied to the LRT
debate. But that would open up the wholesale power grab of the
dismantling of the trolly-car system.
David Wilson
Loring Park
On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Tim Bonham wrote:
> Originally, South Minneapolis was planned with a "commercial" street every
> 10th block. Thus we have 20th (Franklyn Ave), 30th (Lake St.), 50th (very
> commercial on the west side, at 50th & France, but less so as it moves
> east), and 60th (actually 62nd/Crosstown became the commercial one there).
> This broke down somehow around 40th St, which should have been a
> "commercial" street based on this pattern. Instead both 38th and 42nd
> became "semi-commercial", with an uncomfortable mix of commercial
> intersections and residential housing. And neither 38th nor 42nd is
> commercial enough to be really viable like Franklyn & Lake are.
> Maybe we should take this as an opportunity to "fix" this -- put the ramps
> onto 40th St, rezone it to allow commercial development, rezone 38th & 42nd
> to discourage commercial use (only grandfathering in the existing ones),
> reroute buses to 40th St, etc.
> Probably a lot more work than was planned here, but wouldn't this make the
> most sense in the long run?
>
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