Comment 73804

By seancb (registered) - website | Posted February 07, 2012 at 10:41:52 in reply to Comment 73774

How about this.. James North & John North: These two-way reversions were performed with equal lanes given to each travel direction, and street parking was increased. What do we see here? Businesses flourishing.

Locke: Once a speedway, we calmed the traffic and added street parking and what happened? They became comfortable pedestrian spaces and businesses flourished.

Have you looked closely at James and John south? And Wilson? Why do they still suck? Because the conversions were barely conversions at all. All of them still have more lanes going in the "old" direction than they do in the "new" direction. And none of them has ANY street parking. In other words, they still act as one way thoroughfares.

You are right - it's not just about the direction of travel. As the original commenter pointed out, it's about calming the traffic and creating a buffer. Bike lanes, parked cars and wider sidewalks are more important that travel direction - but travel direction DOES help. Two way streets also help people to reach their destinations without backtracking and doing unnecessary loops.

Comment edited by seancb on 2012-02-07 10:42:39

I vote down for offensiveness and up for humour. I cast no votes based on my level of agreement.

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