10-31-2020, 04:39 PM
(10-31-2020, 03:45 PM)tomh009 Wrote: On top of that, a safe sidewalk for pedestrians. I don't see why Longfellow should get a special exemption from what is standard practice for street construction.
Definitely agreed. In that area, I’d be OK with Shakespeare Pl. (not Dr.), Browning Pl., Tennyson Pl., and the tail end bits of Algonquin Dr. and Iroquois Pl. remaining permanently without sidewalks, as they are deadends which don’t go anywhere, either for motor traffic or pedestrians. Longfellow Dr., Shakespeare Dr., and the portions of Iroquois Pl., Algonquin Dr., and Apache Dr. which lead to the pedestrian connection to Shakespeare Dr, all definitely should have sidewalks; in some areas just one side might be OK. I could go either way on Mohawk Ave., but probably it should have at least one sidewalk just on principle; although maybe if that one were made into a true woonerf that would also be OK.
It’s past time that we correct the mistakes of the past, in urban design on both the local and larger scale, just as in other areas of political debate.