Comment 97750

By The Letter Writer (anonymous) | Posted February 20, 2014 at 10:58:06 in reply to Comment 97737

Yes, in the image, Hughson is one-way northbound. This has the advantage that during the north/south signal phase, there are no cars in the intersection at all, creating a perfectly safe environment for pedestrians and cyclists. With cars permitted in both directions, cars turning right onto Hunter would conflict with cyclists going straight into the cycle track.

However, that is just an idea I threw in, it is by no means necessary. This design can just as easily be implemented with the current lane configuration on Hughson. Nothing has changed north of the centre line of Hunter Stret (apart from the new signals).

And Hunter street IS two-ways in this design, just not for cars. My impression is that residents support two-way streets because they calm traffic and improve pedestrian and cyclist experience relative to our current one-way speedways. This design accomplishes all those goals, so I don't see the need to compromise all other transport modes by cramming in an additional car lane.

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