Kudos to the Mayor, Council member Niziolek and others for trying to making good urban design a priority.
One bit from the editorial that needs rebutting:
"The city's plan fails on two fronts. First, the curbside parking it proposes to "save" won't be available during the hours that businesses need it most: the morning, afternoon and midday peaks. During those times, parking would be banned to allow a third and fourth lane of through traffic. So what's the point?"
Many people do shop and use curbside parking during non-rush hours, people who don't work 9-5 jobs, people who do work 9-5 but shop in the evening.. surely more than enough for those spaces to "have a point"
Viewing "Arterials" as nothing but automotive sewers to someplace else has devastated America's cities. Let's hope the county doesn't plumb Lake street.
Mike Jensvold East Isles
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