[Vision2020] Sixth Street Parking (Just an Idea)

[Craine Kit]

The D/Main intersection project is a state effort to improve safety  
and traffic flow. It includes a new, modern signal which can respond  
to traffic conditions.

Kit Craine





On May 19, 2009, at 5:39 PM, bear at moscow.com wrote:

> Paul,
>
> I think you're right, they are trying a typical Moscow response,  
> "Lets fix
> a problem that doesn't exist"!
>
> And if anyone needs any kind of reason for the streets to be left  
> alone,
> try driving through the intersection of D and Main, which I understand
> will be Moscowed up through the summer.
> I'm not sure if it's a city project or a state project, but from  
> what I
> went through today, if they were getting paid in cow dung, they don't
> deserve a smell!
>
>
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>> I guess I'd like a better explanation of exactly what problem  
>> we're trying
>> to solve.  Is it just the width of the street that's an issue?  Is  
>> Sixth
>> street any worse in this regard than other streets?
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> --- On Tue, 5/19/09, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sixth Street Parking (Just an Idea)
>> To: "Warren Hayman" <whayman at roadrunner.com>
>> Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>> Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 4:17 PM
>>
>> You are definitely on to something,
>>
>> Alot of people dislike even considering one-way streets in their
>> neighborhood.
>>
>> But, with the narrowness of Sixth Street, homes lacking sufficient
>> frontage to widen Sixth Street, coupled with two-way traffic . . .
>>
>> Just my two cents.
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>>
>>> I concur. I cannot imagine either street becoming one-way without
>>> serious,
>>> deleterious effects on the neighborhood(s). Try a simple test:  
>>> how many
>>> among us would want to live on such a traffic grid in a heart of
>>> residential
>>> Moscow?
>>>
>>> Warren Hayman
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