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FewTemperature8599 t1_iwrkhpu wrote

Are you talking about Garden Street?

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Sassysoap42 OP t1_iwrn4al wrote

God. Damnit. hahahaha yes I’m an idiot

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FewTemperature8599 t1_iws0lv1 wrote

No worries. The choice was either keep the street two-way and lose all parking, or make the street one-way and retain parking. Majority of residents at community meetings expressed a desire to retain parking, and so here we are

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Zealousideal_Baker84 t1_iwsvrpf wrote

Or leave it like it was.

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paperboat22 t1_ixhmswy wrote

Actually no. The cycling safety ordinance requires protected bike lanes to be installed on Garden.

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dny6 t1_iws05hw wrote

Yes it was to preserve parking for residents. The city is considering restoring partial two way traffic, but I suspect that now that garden street residents have gotten a taste of the good life they will try to fight the city on that

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pattyorland t1_ixaxouv wrote

There have been a whole lot of complaints from people in the immediate neighborhood. They're not the ones supporting this.

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dny6 t1_ixdb0m0 wrote

Well, first — there are people who live there who do enjoy the change. There are also people who hate any change but will possibly change their minds as they get used to it.

Second — these streets belong to the city and are funded and used by all residents of the city. I’m not sure why people live in the city if they can’t accept that.

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some1saveusnow t1_ixkusm7 wrote

Sigh just another narrow minded take refusing to acknowledge why people in the immediate neighborhood would react to a significant change like this after having lived with things being a certain way for literally decades. These city subs are often way too vehement in their inability to understand someone else’s circumstances….

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dny6 t1_ixmsk6e wrote

Attitudes like that are how we ended up being unable to build any infrastructure anywhere. Cities are almost by definition dynamic places.

While I can understand the neighbors frustration, that doesn’t mean that it is just to stop public works projects because some people don’t like change

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rap_suckers t1_iwrrnaa wrote

It has definitely screwed up my avoiding lights strategy

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Zealousideal_Baker84 t1_iwsvx79 wrote

Well Concord and Huron are an absolute clusterfuck in rush hour. What took me 12 minutes now takes close to 30

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pattyorland t1_ixaxlhb wrote

But the city's consultant did a simulation that said only one additional car per minute would use Concord! How's it even possible that the computer was wrong?

This is what happens when someone makes a decision and then comes up with "data" to support it afterward.

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