Submitted by Jason McHuff on Fri, 06/16/2006 - 9:09pm.
I don't think that the connections that Terry mentions are really going to be a problem. Both may use 14th Ave, but signalling should allow them use it at different times/phases. It'll be like the transition from Hawthorne to Madison, except that 12th Ave traffic will be replaced with EB Burnside to Sandy traffic. Also, with the MAX Green Line, the Steel Bridge will be filling up.
Moreover, though, it is nice to see some criticisms that are actually constructive. This is unlike Lars Larson, who seems to believe that the artery is going go get pinched so bike lanes can be added and that people who are going the other way than Burnside traffic is will be out of luck. A couplet, by definition, allows (for better or worse) increased traffic, since two streets instead of one will be used for the artery. Moreover, in this case, it will allow legal left turns and more on-street parking, both of which are lacking.
I don't think that the
I don't think that the connections that Terry mentions are really going to be a problem. Both may use 14th Ave, but signalling should allow them use it at different times/phases. It'll be like the transition from Hawthorne to Madison, except that 12th Ave traffic will be replaced with EB Burnside to Sandy traffic. Also, with the MAX Green Line, the Steel Bridge will be filling up.
Moreover, though, it is nice to see some criticisms that are actually constructive. This is unlike Lars Larson, who seems to believe that the artery is going go get pinched so bike lanes can be added and that people who are going the other way than Burnside traffic is will be out of luck. A couplet, by definition, allows (for better or worse) increased traffic, since two streets instead of one will be used for the artery. Moreover, in this case, it will allow legal left turns and more on-street parking, both of which are lacking.