BAYLOR: Two-way, better way
Out there — in the wider world, beyond the Knobs, and even past the state line — there is broad agreement as to the merits of slower, calmer automotive traffic patterns.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Today's Tribune column: "Two-way, better way."
Who'd have guessed that in New Albany, "road rage" would come to signify determined opposition to slower traffic speeds and greater pedestrian safety? That's life in the open air museum.
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Huh?
I read your Tribune article. Is your argument the only way we can achieve downtown revitalization with “comprehensive paving”?
No.
Just to be clear, I'm all for the 2-way street conversion/new urbanism part. But isn't paving the "icing on the cake", so to speak, of that process? Where are the drawings or plans for the street conversion? There's something really muddled about this...
In your first line, you make an implicit assumption that people care: "What is the desired outcome, and how do we get there?"
Do we have a community quorum? I think we are very splintered. I think we are protecting special and individual interests with very little concern for a greater good.
I think we need to read Jane Jacobs.
Consider me the bookish dick, but the Jacobs reference is sage
I think Jacobs is wonderful. If the suggestion had ended before her name, it would be accurate. Seth Godin is a better option in these parts.
Jon,
Bookish?(grin)
What Would Jane Do? ;-)
Richard Florida makes no secret that he was (is) heavily influenced by Jane Jacobs.
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