By Frank on May 25, 2010
10_24_45 by freedryk A press release from SDOT shows that reducing the number of traffic lanes on Stone Way has been a success all around. You’ll recall that when the restriping was proposed 4 years ago, property owners on the street freaked out that there wouldn’t be enough room for traffic if the street went [...]
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By Frank on April 27, 2010
The 2008 numbers are out, this time in a fancy interactive graphic that’s a big step up from the old clickable version. After a cursory comparison, it looks like traffic volumes actually went down on many of the streets between 2006 and 2008. Seems odd, given the city’s increase in population over that time period. [...]
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By Frank on February 22, 2010
Central District News reports that a study is underway to reduce 23rd Ave from 4 lanes to 2 and allow parking at certain times of day. I don’t much care for this idea. I find the design pattern of “sometimes this is a travel lane, sometimes it’s a parking spot” to be maddening as a [...]
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By serial catowner on April 18, 2008
Matt Yglesias’s post about yuppies riding buses attracted a lot of comments about how people perceive riding the bus, from all over the country. Food for thought. My general conclusion from what I’ve read so far is that people are more concerned about whether and when a bus will come than they are about who will be on it.
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