tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14698828.post1235455968587150048..comments2024-01-31T12:49:08.701-08:00Comments on STL Rising: PD: Stastny suggests reducing traffic lanes on N. GrandRick Bonaschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825477678253483191noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14698828.post-57671611714244976842011-07-18T17:51:32.109-07:002011-07-18T17:51:32.109-07:00I'd love to see Watson between Hampton and Chi...I'd love to see Watson between Hampton and Chippewa get a diet. The lanes are too tight as-is, and the thoroughfare nature of the current configuration leads to speeds far above the 30 mph limit.Jason Stokesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14698828.post-18881319658645216072011-07-15T19:29:31.654-07:002011-07-15T19:29:31.654-07:00A perfect example in the news tonight, I think it ...A perfect example in the news tonight, I think it was channel 4 that reported metrolink was going to run every 20 minutes after the U 2 concert until everyone was taken care of, but if you stayed downtown to go to other events, you were out of luck.<br />It points to a major point of discussion and mismanagement of the current transit system.<br />Cutbacks in timing may be necessary, but to portray riders who stay in town as out of luck points to a suburban prejudice, that defeats transit.<br />Until an overall conception of movement is imagined and planned, then lane reductions are only fruitless, feel good stories.GMichaudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306482392151340818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14698828.post-69788253451360954932011-07-15T14:36:47.156-07:002011-07-15T14:36:47.156-07:00Anony you don't get it. I assume a plan for Gr...Anony you don't get it. I assume a plan for Grand Center is being produced to help propel success.(If not why pay for a new plan?)<br />The question is what provisions are being made for additional people, if in fact the plan is successful? <br />Shrinking the lanes on Grand would make the introduction of streetcars or of bus only lanes unlikely for instance. <br />The shrinking of lanes should be coordinated with projected increases of use and with a comprehensive transit/movement plan.<br />(I would argue the Stastny Plan would have a better chance of success with a new city wide and/or regional transit/movement plan)GMichaudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306482392151340818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14698828.post-1987155473196244632011-07-14T15:48:23.892-07:002011-07-14T15:48:23.892-07:00If grand center is successfu?
St. Louis is 40 year...If grand center is successfu?<br />St. Louis is 40 years behind other cities, primarily as a destination and you are asking if grand center can be successful? A full-boat Kiel Opera House supported by parking and a wall to wall MUNY from Memorial Day to Labor Day-on the same web page. There is your success. That's what made St. Louis a most desirable destination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14698828.post-57867652583811420152011-07-13T14:11:24.886-07:002011-07-13T14:11:24.886-07:00I drive Hampton and Kingshighway daily, and they a...I drive Hampton and Kingshighway daily, and they are using all of their capacity during peak times. There has to be a balance between the micro-traffic considerations within neighborhoods and the macro-traffic flow within the city and region.Scott Pluffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14698828.post-55635436480818663132011-07-11T20:17:04.945-07:002011-07-11T20:17:04.945-07:00While traffic calming measures are useful the real...While traffic calming measures are useful the real unanswered question is the role of transit/movement systems in a new city. I am talking about the 10 to 20 year vision, if there is one.<br />I live just off of Grand and attended the hearings for the current lane elimination scheme. I agree with that proposal. But there were no proposals to invigorate transit (including bicycles) in the area. (Bicycles were part of the planning discussions, but nothing connecting to a larger system nor anything to help bicycles become a larger part of transit)<br />The first thing that has to be done is to determine the face of a new St. Louis, does it include a comprehensive commitment to mass transit, bicycles and walking or is planning married to an autocentric culture.<br />Whatever the answer will help determine reconfigurations of streets.<br />Anything else is a waste of money. The piecemeal approach that will give Grand two lanes is an example of this, although it is primarily two lanes through the area now.<br />If Grand Center is successful (let's hope so) then what are the plans to handle to crush of people?<br />Two lanes of traffic without development of alternates (at least city wide transit alternatives) will cause the current plan to be outmoded very quickly.<br />The whole idea is to develop a plan that is successful correct?GMichaudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306482392151340818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14698828.post-31098356040591442142011-07-11T08:01:03.905-07:002011-07-11T08:01:03.905-07:00I'd like to see Gravios reduced from,say, abou...I'd like to see Gravios reduced from,say, about Kingshighway to and through downtown. What I'd really like to see on that route though is a center-lane trolley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com