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I ran by the property this morning (along the south side and then up Yale). Much of the scrub had been cleared, seemingly in the last couple of days.

6 hours ago, 004n063 said:

Blodgett reconstruction.

Love this bus stop / bike lane integration. Similar to the ones on Polk (but nicer, imo). This should be the new standard.

Is this what's happening on Heights NB, north of 11th?

On 2/28/2023 at 12:49 PM, Justin Welling said:

If I recall, the new signs being installed at these crossings are "STOP for bikes and pedestrians", so technically, they are supposed to yield to cyclists. I can't 100% confirm, but I'm almost certain 11th St has the signs.  I'm going to try to ride it again tomorrow and will check. 

There have been crosswalks painted for some time (both at 11th/Nicholson and 7th/Heights). That implies "stop for bikes and pedestrians," regardless of other signage, yes?

10 hours ago, samagon said:

that's the thing though. aren't people going to explore to try and find something that feels more like what used to be, aka going 40+ down 11th?

 I am NOT an urban/traffic planner, but my understanding is that narrow lanes and the normal obstacles of residential traffic exert a pretty strong pull on drivers to slow down—or written the other way, it's unsurprising when people treat 4 lanes of traffic as a highway.

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one thing I would suggest, if you live on one of these side streets, go out and get the cheapest beater car you can, park it as inconveniently for traffic in the street in front of your house as you can, and drive it as infrequently and for as short of a distance as you can so you satisfy the cities requirement for long term parking. keep it until you see less through traffic in your neighborhood, then sell it for the same you bought it for.

I'm going to go with "no."

8 hours ago, Triton said:

That being said, I have family that lives on W 8th St. and they have told me traffic has increased dramatically. They walk their dogs on that road and loop back around on the MTK trail.... they said the traffic volume is quite noticeable, especially around rush hour. I myself have noticed a traffic increase on 14th as well and now there's a bit of a line that forms going eastbound near Studewood St. You may have to wait through several lights just to cross through there now.

Again, anecdotally, but traffic on 10th is also increased, but not in a way that feels especially dangerous. I mostly see sub-20 mph cars and trucks, because the road just isn't wide enough to support fast traffic, and there are speed bumps and a stop sign between Shepherd and Yale.

The only exception are the folks who insist on crossing Yale at 10th or making lefts from 10th at that intersection. I try not to use the term "crazy," but I wonder what would possess someone to do that when there's any traffic on Yale? Granted, that corner has regularly been the site of accidents from people doing those maneuvers [edit: for years]. However, I now see 5-6 cars backed up, traveling EB on 10th at Yale at rush hour.

I will say that traffic "inside the neighborhood" would be less of an issue if there were continuous sidewalks on those streets. We can all dream, right?