Call Dan's office and speak to Gay Noble, 612.673.2210 or e-mail above. I think the meeting is now for the 20th
Thanks for your help, Jay
I already sent a message to Dan but I wanted to follow up with some more observations:
26th and 28th streets are very underutilized. When I don't drive on Lake Street, I take these streets. There is almost no traffic on them, even during rush hour.
Why widen when additional express and local transit service will take cars off the road _and_ reduce parking needs?
Honestly, there is no reason to widen Lake Street. If any time gains are to be had at all, they will be in the seconds range.
David Greene Lowry Hill East
-----Original Message-----
From: David Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:35 AM
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jay Walljasper
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Lake Street lane vote
List Manager wrote:
I just had a meeting with Dan Niziolek, and it sounds like a bit
mistake is
about to made on Lake Street. They are trying to push through a vote (planned for next Friday, July 23rd) to make the street five lanes for
many
blocks around Chicago Avenue.
I disagree with the whole idea that Lake & Chicago is a traffic bottleneck. I commute along that route every single day and rarely have I experienced a problem. If anything, the area around Lake & Hennepin is worse, but guess who lives near Chicago and how much power they have with the council?
How much longer must our immigrant and minority communities sacrifice for the good of the well-to-do?
How about rather than widening the road, we provide more transit options?
It's very important for this issue to get some attention before the
vote a
week from Friday.
I agree. How can I get involved?
-Dave
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