tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post5092437043459998645..comments2024-03-26T07:26:50.470-06:00Comments on twin city sidewalks: Time For Minneapolis to Phase Out Deadly One-Way Streets Bill Lindekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373780012930618768noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-44654610272465250742020-10-30T13:38:43.854-06:002020-10-30T13:38:43.854-06:00Halloween is the spookiest time of year. On Octobe...Halloween is the spookiest time of year. On October 31, ghouls, goblins, and monsters of all sorts take to the streets for a few tricks and plenty of treats. Families will be out with their children who hope to score big and take home pounds of candy. However, spookier than the vampire making his way down your street is the increase in <a href="https://injurylawyersgroupla.com/pedestrian-accidents-may-be-the-scariest-thing-about-halloween/" rel="nofollow">pedestrian accidents</a> on All Hallows Eve. Even scarier is the fact that Halloween falls on a Saturday this year providing people with the opportunity to have a little too much fun.<br /><br />An increase in pedestrians alone can mean an increase in the chances of drivers injuring those taking to the streets on foot. Because trick-or-treating typically begins as the sun sets, visibility of a driver and a pedestrian can become poor. Masks create an issue by blocking the vision of those wearing them. Additionally, young adults and teens tend to use Halloween as an opportunity to revel in the excitement that surrounds the holiday and overindulge in alcoholic beverages thereby impairing their abilities to drive. And while it’s fun to judge all the creative and scary costumes that people come up with each year, this can lead to a case of distracted driving. These factors significantly increase the risk of causing serious injury or death to a pedestrian.DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546267616183612365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-86429855960794800142016-04-06T01:13:05.793-06:002016-04-06T01:13:05.793-06:00Outstanding blog, in my opinion site owners should...Outstanding blog, in my opinion site owners should acquire a great deal out of this blog its very user welcoming. <a href="http://www.lifeinsurancerates.com" rel="nofollow">life insurance rates</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-37325951752810803722013-10-28T14:34:27.827-06:002013-10-28T14:34:27.827-06:00thanks Sheldon. this is information I learned from...thanks Sheldon. this is information I learned from a planning professor, and haven't actually seen original source material on it. i'd be curious about documents on the conversion...<br /><br />-billBill Lindekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373780012930618768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-86883076399638823852013-10-28T13:11:19.931-06:002013-10-28T13:11:19.931-06:00just a minor correction. These one-ways were creat...just a minor correction. These one-ways were created long before the construction of 35 W and 94 was started. In fact, they happened even before the freeway plans were done. They were meant to move traffic "more efficiently" to and from downtown and the U and to relieve traffic on Lake Street. I do agree that they should have been eliminated when the freeways were done--since they served the same purpose. Maybe when (if) we get the streetcar on the Midtown Greenway, we can eliminate 28th and 26th as one ways.sheldonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-45684015352413881452013-07-09T12:47:05.543-06:002013-07-09T12:47:05.543-06:00looks like nebraska might soon be lapping us on de...looks like nebraska might soon be lapping us on designing safe bike lanes: http://streetsblog.net/2013/07/09/lincoln-nebraska-thats-right-is-planning-a-protected-bike-lane/<br /><br />I agree that Bryant is poorly done. If you want to see a good bike boulevard in the TC, your best option is the center part of the Riverlake greenway.Bill Lindekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373780012930618768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-17883398255735816682013-07-09T11:43:59.406-06:002013-07-09T11:43:59.406-06:00Want to drive both ways on 28th? Try it out! It&...Want to drive both ways on 28th? Try it out! It's a two-way west of Hennepin. Report back. My initial review is that it sucks. You can find me walking my bike on the sidewalk over there.erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04190356592816126556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-49847716296653294132013-07-09T11:04:05.611-06:002013-07-09T11:04:05.611-06:00not from nebraska, though st paul is a close secon...not from nebraska, though st paul is a close second. one-way streets are not safer, unless average speeds are reduced. that's pretty straightforward traffic engineering 101.<br /><br />so i should think that the fact this happened at 28th, the #1 most unsafe street in the city according to our admittedly half-assed stats, is a coincidence? and the other fatalities in the last 5 years, 3 bicyclists on park and portland, 1 on SE university, one pedestrian this year on the 5th St 394 on-ramp, have nothing to do with high-speed one-ways? Bill Lindekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373780012930618768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-27143908635466471392013-07-09T10:26:53.895-06:002013-07-09T10:26:53.895-06:00The car was on Pleasant, which is a two way street...The car was on Pleasant, which is a two way street. This article makes no sense whatsoever. If anything, one-way streets are safer because there is more room and fewer surprises from approaching traffic. How would adding head-on traffic help? Welcome to the big city, we have one-way streets. Is the author from Nebraska or something? <br />erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04190356592816126556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-39540235826263511242013-07-09T10:00:12.951-06:002013-07-09T10:00:12.951-06:00Having lived on Blaisdell for 12 years now, we lik...Having lived on Blaisdell for 12 years now, we like it. Car traffic all in one direction and really only "busy" during the afternoon.... it's much nicer to ride in a dedicated wide lane with traffic than squeezed in a two-way street with traffic---see the AWFUL Bryant Ave "bike blvd" for example of horrendous biking experience on a two-way street (granted the buses make it even worse).JGmnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-30841545512520144902013-07-08T15:47:54.446-06:002013-07-08T15:47:54.446-06:00I cross 26 and 28 on foot and by bike fairly often...I cross 26 and 28 on foot and by bike fairly often. I agree its very unfriendly for pedestrians/cyclists. But from reports I've read about the hit and run, it was the cyclist on 28th with the driver crossing. A bigger problem for me are the drivers who treat every street in this neighborhood like a highway. The kind who drive the side streets for miles at hi speed to avoid traffic on Hennepin or lyndale. John Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07956671869682006874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-5148344149434823272013-07-08T15:24:10.927-06:002013-07-08T15:24:10.927-06:00Great analysis! As an active biker and a Lowry Hil...Great analysis! As an active biker and a Lowry Hill East resident, I'd love to see the one-ways turned into two-ways. Not only do the one-ways have all the dangers you describe, they create confusion on surrounding streets. I had a very hairy close call in my car crossing 24th Street because I unthinkingly assumed that in Uptown, parking on only one side of a street was an indication of it being a one-way street. Not so, and I was nearly killed. How many others have experienced this deadly confusion?Jay Gablerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217749840686474976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-57603782121251064962013-07-08T15:20:04.806-06:002013-07-08T15:20:04.806-06:00To respond to Barton, getting rid of street parkin...To respond to Barton, getting rid of street parking will never happen, unfortunately. Free on-street parking is possibly the most popular government handout in America. You should read "The High Cost of Free Parking" by Donald Shoup. Fun fact from the book: value of all parking spaces in America>value of all cars in America.<br /><br />One possible option for keeping cars from parking so close to the corner is to put up permanent cones near the corner to prevent cars from going there in the first place. I grew up in Washington DC and cars would always park all the way up to the corner in front of the Starbucks at Livingston St. and Connecticut Ave. NW until they put up such cones (see http://goo.gl/maps/xYDzW). And hey, once those cones are up, perhaps a bike rack or two could go in behind them! Haven't heard anyone complain about not being able to see over a bike before. NiMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515572912024339983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-89202817142360270722013-07-08T14:57:15.102-06:002013-07-08T14:57:15.102-06:00I think overall education is somehow needed and co...I think overall education is somehow needed and could also help. As a cyclist, I'm aware of all the additions and improvements made to our city for us cyclists. As an auto driver, I've not seen one whit of info or educational info addressed to me as a driver. All drivers (old and new) need to become informed on these changes somehow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106049260214818381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-37097192485663189272013-07-08T14:33:03.853-06:002013-07-08T14:33:03.853-06:00Interesting. I find one-way streets infinitely sa...Interesting. I find one-way streets infinitely safer for cycling. For example, Hennepin downtown has become a complete nightmare since it has sharrows both directions.<br /><br />The problem w/ may of the one-ways is that there are not enough stop lights/stop signs, and what there are are not enforced. This lack of "calming" and enforcement would still be there if the streets became two-ways, except now cars are watching on-coming traffic and not paying attention to what is happening on their right (where cyclists are typically found).<br /><br />My personal wish for improving cycling in The Cities? Get rid of on street parking. Streets are for movement, not for nesting. With on-street parking removed, cyclists do not have to worry about dooring incidents, and now city planners have extra space to make lane markings like are found on Park/Portland (where, it must be said, you can still see MANY vehicle drivers using the bike lane as their own personal express lane - totally frightening).Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11232323361323578135noreply@blogger.com