UniqueCartel t1_iwgzw2x wrote on November 15, 2022 at 4:02 PM

Reply to comment by UncleFedora in The Canal District bloodbath continues - Maddi’s Cookery to close after four years. by guybehindawall

That area has always been jammed with traffic. The rotary makes the traffic patterns more predictable and clear which makes it safer. Larger spaces for pedestrians makes pedestrians more visible to traffic.

Karen1968a t1_iwlsu08 wrote on November 16, 2022 at 4:18 PM

It was never ever this bad. It’s literally 15 minutes from cvs to 290 almost every afternoon. Now, is it safer for pedestrians, I don’t know, it might well be, but it does seem to me that all of those cars trucks and buses stuck in traffic are going to increase pollution. Heywood street into Kelly square is the same, traffic nightmare, but that was the goal, slow everything down for pedestrians.