I was riding my bike on the Midtown Greenway yesterday and I noticed
the tracks that used to run along the bikeway are being pulled up. I
presume a busway will occupy that space. Very few people, it seems bike
the Greenway and it's no wonder. In spite of the heroic efforts of the
people who work on the Greenway, it remains an ugly, broken glass ,
graffiti and litter strewn, subterranean wasteland......no shops, no
people....BORING. Now, bus riders will get to share the bleak, boring
Trench with bicyclists....unless...
....We do a swap....turn the trench into an auto and truck only
freeway and put the bike/pedestrian and transit only Greenway on Lake
Street
Motorists are used to traveling in ugly trenches like 35W. Motorists
are too busy staying alive to look at their surroundings. The Trench
doesn't have street lights to hold up traffic.. 35W and Hwy 55 could be
connected to the trench and the the Trench feeds right into the new
Wells Fargo Ramp and the Sears complex .... making the 35W Access
Project people happy. Stores on Lake Street would have parking in the
rear accessed by a frontage road on the south edge of the trench.
And bicyclists, pedestrians and trolley riders would flock to the
new Lake Street Greenway...outdoor cafes, festivals.....it's a win-win.
Ken Avidor
Kingfield
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