Hello Folks, Barb Lickness wrote:
> > The neighborhood is working on this issue in the > Whittier Alliance Transportation and Land Use > Committee. Currently, the proposal seems to be to turn > 1st Av. in to a two-way at least for the portion > between Lake and Franklin and maybe a little North of > that. (That would depend on what Stevens Square folks > wanted) > NL: I happen to live on 1st between Franklin and Lake, and I think this is a HORRENDOUS idea. First and Blaisdell are designed to be one-ways to help with the flow of traffic around Nicollet. This proposal would completely choke off a major downtown artery for many South Minneapolitans and disrupt the traffic flow of the entire neighborhood. Also, parking is only currently allowed on one side of the street. Is the proposal to widen 1st to allow another parking lane on the east side of the street, or to have a two way street that only allows parking for cars south bound? The speedway issue (it is a legitimate issue) could be rectified simply by putting stop signs on 25th and 22nd. I dispute the notion 1st has a traffic volume problem. It is quite easy for me to cross the street at any time of the day. As a two lane one-way downtown, it handles the traffic flow quite well. You never hit standing traffic until about 11th and Marquette, on a BAD day. This proposal would only serve to turn Nicollet into more of a parking lot then it already is. I say, re-open Nicollet, pull down the barriers and keep 1st a one-way. The Whittier folks need to look at the big picture and not simply at what's going on in their front yard. Thank you for the informative post, Barb! Is there a way to sit in on the meetings of the Whittier Alliance Transportation and Land Use Committee? When do they meet? Do they take public comment? Please excuse my ignorance, but my activist activity has been mostly centered around party building and working on political campaigns. I haven't been very active on the neighborhood level, but I'm quite interested. Neal Levine 25th and 1st Whittier Formerly 19th and 1st Stevens _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
