Road design, transportation and walkability

[sevenman]

I also agree.  This reconstruction is a great idea and as others have already said, is necessary.  It will improve the current situation for pedestrians, cyclists, cars and transit.  Sounds like a win all around.  The drawings show MUT on both sides of the road which is great in case the amount of cycling and walking increases over time.  The increase in safety for pedestrians and cyclists is a big plus in my opinion.

This kind of believe that you can make massive road investments "a win for everyone" just by adding some compromised cycling and walking infra around the thing is like lipstick on a pig, it doesn't change the fact that building suburbs designe exclusively around the car make walking and cycling unpleasant bordering on intolerable. Yes, this road isn't as bad as say Fairway, but it's not a design which makes cycling walking and transit a real option--despite what the regions transportation policy claims to do.

I live in a suburb and as I type this from my home office, I look out the window and see a nice young family with a young child going for a walk with their dog.  They look quite happy.  There experience doesn't seem to be unpleasant or intolerable.