[MissoulaGov] Committee Update 3-17-10

[Tim Skufca]

I agree with Lynn that the easy solution for a wider street is to
eliminate the parking (even on one side is sufficient) - with the
emphasis on creating bike lanes. I appreciate Steve's comments that this
is not helping much as far as connectivity of bike routes, but we should
strive toward a goal, at every possibility, to get all arterials
bike-friendly. If bike lanes get designed into the project then there
will be more ammunition in continuing them west into the Brooks
nightmare.
 
It would be great if Doug Harby could identify which trees are slated to
be removed so we can analyze why.

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Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:08 PM
To: Lynn Ascher; missoulagov at cmslists.com
Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 3-17-10


Thanks to Lynn Ascher, Steve Allison-Brunell, Jim McGrath, others for
their comments about the massive Brooks project.  I agree that we
shouldn't do it.  As someone who's lived on Woodford over 20 years, my
street and Blaine are much better "bike lanes" than Brooks and were even
designated as such on a bike map widely distributed a few years ago. The
traffic calming circles on these streets have reduced the crunching,
crashing noises and reduced cars speeding around cyclists.
 
But a dangerous problem persists.  It's the intersection at Higgins and
Brooks + the side streets feeding into it. The Corner's parking garage,
school buses, traffic heading downtown, parents dropping students off,
and people walking to HHS every dark morning and tired afternoon add up
to a nightmare for motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians.   I'd like to
see a cross walk at Roosevelt and Brooks, just to slow things down a
bit, but I guess it's not possible, since Brooks is a state highway.
Why not throw some highway stimulus funds at a problem like this rather
than widening Brooks? 
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