Part of the problem in the pedestrians vs. car debate are the sort of numbers we take for granted.
Wizard Marks wrote: > WM: Here is the crux of the problem we have been struggling with for the > last 19 months. We have 68 feet of space. Neighborhoods want 20 feet for > wider sidewalks. Merchants want on-street parking @ 8 ft./parking lane > or 16 ft. for both sides. That's 36 ft. We need 4 lanes for vehicular > traffic @ 11 ft./lane or 44 ft. All that equals 80 ft. in total. I say: 11 ft/lane is absolutely absurd! The lanes on I-35 are 12 feet . . . anybody think that traffic on Lake Street should move in the same way as the highway? How about 9 ft/lane? The hummer is one inch under being 7 ft wide, so I think that width is imminently doable. If need be (though I don't think it'd be necessary), the right-hand lanes could be 10 ft to accommodate buses. Now, all of the sudden, you have an extra 8 feet . . . now you only need 72 feet. That's a lot closer. --Jeff Rosenberg Cedar-Riverside REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
