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Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on January 23, 2015 at 4:03am

Ugh.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on January 23, 2015 at 8:56am

Very disappointing news.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on January 24, 2015 at 4:02am

Not at all good planning.  They need to do something about the speeding traffic.  With the two lanes in each direction (that aren't needed with the little traffic Milwaukee Ave. carries) cars are traveling well over the 30 MPH speed limit.

If you can't have a road diet, at least slow down.

My opinion is that the decision was a political decision, not a traffic decision.  There is an election coming up.

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Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on January 24, 2015 at 9:14am

It's absolutely a political decision, but from what i've been able to gather, his will reflects the will of a LOT of the citizens in the ward. There are some really old, grumpy NIMBYs in the area. I suspect that if this goes up for discussion again in 5-7 years, the result will be very different. A lot of younger, more progressive people are moving out that way. (Me included!)

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Permalink Reply by David P. on January 26, 2015 at 4:13am

One impression I get from the article is that people in the neighborhood _say_ they want to do something about speeding, but aren't willing to support any measures that will actually reduce it. A road diet? No, thanks. Cameras? No, thanks. Enforcement? Sure, as long as it isn't me, After all, I'm not the problem - it's the other guy.

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Permalink Reply by Apie (11) on January 26, 2015 at 6:01am

I think there will be an improvement, they are taking away the center lane and widening the bike lanes.  There will be better (and more) pedestrian crossings.  I am excited that they are doing something!

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on January 26, 2015 at 6:11am

That's been my impression ever since the road diet was proposed.
 
David P. said:

One impression I get from the article is that people in the neighborhood _say_ they want to do something about speeding, but aren't willing to support any measures that will actually reduce it. A road diet? No, thanks. Cameras? No, thanks. Enforcement? Sure, as long as it isn't me, After all, I'm not the problem - it's the other guy.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Z on January 26, 2015 at 4:09pm

The way I understand it. They are not taking away the center lane but making it smaller and a continuous turn lane. This will allow them to put some sort of buffer between the doors and riders.

I hope the plan c is worth the time and money.

Apie (10.6) said:

I think there will be an improvement, they are taking away the center lane and widening the bike lanes.  There will be better (and more) pedestrian crossings.  I am excited that they are doing something!

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