1. Roundabouts
I never liked them. I don't care for them at MSU, cared for them less in Okemos, and really think they are bad for Brighton and Green Oak. The problem with them is that the only ones who know how to use them (and even that's debatable) are MSU students and graduates.
2. Reduce and narrowing lanes
All I have to say about this is to drive on D-19 near Mason around 5PM - Or Grand River near Chilson for that matter. This is a disaster.
3. Back in angle parking
I can go along with this.
4. Bumpouts to reduce parking near intersections
I support this since turning right from the alley between the Courthouse and DQ is a nightmare.
5. Bicycle lanes
I like the old days when bikes were ridden on sidewalks.
6. Pedestrian refuges
We'll see what happens here.
Burden says Howell has the opportunity to become a regional trend-setter with the proposed changes. "I think this is going to be total cutting-edge,'' he says. "You will become a model for the Midwest if developed as planned.''
Forget cutting edge or being cool. I prefer Mayberry. Some of these are good ideas, but reducing lanes and narrowing streets is going to make a traffic problem worse.
2 comments:
A few years ago my middle aged brother-in-law observed that while visiting a park he was happy to see a few policemen walking around. He reflected on how age changes our perspective by telling us how much he HATED to see police hanging around when he was a teenager because they always ruined the fun he and his friends were having.
I've also noticed tht young people like to speed up and down streets while parents curse teenagers for driving dangerously around small children. As we age we get to see a different part of life that young people are totally oblivious to. Dan, some of these things that you don't like today may become welcome friends as you get older. Don't be so quick to condemn new ideas until you take time to understand them, and always remember that other people may know a few things that you don't.
Re: Roundabouts
Forget about them! I live in Maryland, and the place is infested with them. They are useless, they hold up traffic, and they consume vastly more space than a conventional intersection. I don't know what gets into urban planners except latent Euro-envy. That must be the only explanation for those worthless wastes-of-space.
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