[Vision2020] Re: With gas at $2.50 a gallon it is time to cut Crosswalk numbers

[Dick Schmidt]

John,

I am mainly concerned with main arterials such as highway 95 and highway 8. Many of us who live on the east side of town take Joseph St. to Mt. View, to 6th, to Hayes, to 3rd then east to WinCo or wherever. It is the fastest way to get from the east side of town to the west side. (6th to Washington to 3rd is slower 80% of the time) Time is money and very stop wastes gas.

Dick Schmidt
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Dickinson 
  To: 'Dick Schmidt' ; nchaney at moscow.com ; pegh at uidaho.edu ; jon at n-k-ins.com ; jmack at turbonet.com ; lpall at moscow.com 
  Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 2:40 PM
  Subject: RE: With gas at $2.50 a gallon it is time to cut Crosswalk numbers


  Dick,

  Great idea, I am just not sure if we should delete the left or right half of each crosswalk. I'll check with city staff to see which will help our oil production the most.

   

  John

   


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  From: Dick Schmidt [mailto:dickschmidt at moscow.com] 
  Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 1:24 PM
  To: nchaney at moscow.com; johnd at moscow.com; pegh at uidaho.edu; jon at n-k-ins.com; jmack at turbonet.com; lpall at moscow.com
  Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
  Subject: With gas at $2.50 a gallon it is time to cut Crosswalk numbers

   

  All,

   

  I have noticed the huge amount of pedestrian crosswalks in the city. With gas prices at $2.50 a gallon it is time to cut the number of crosswalks, where traffic must stop solely for a pedestrian, by at least half and you probably could cut 2/3 and still have adequate crosswalks. Every time you cause a 4,000 vehicle to stop it wastes gas and pollutes the air. Think of all the trucks that have to stop at the same crossings.

   

  I particularly noticed on 3rd street between Hayes St. and Line St. there are 15 crosswalks not including the 3 stoplights between them. In the main part of town there are 4 crosswalks on Jackson and 9 on Washington St. in addition to 2 stop lights on both streets. 

   

  There will be some who whine that we need to have them for our college students but these college students aren't paying my gas bills. This situation just adds more unnecessary costs to the cost of living in Moscow which is already very high. They can learn to cross where there is a light to get to the downtown area. 

   

  I hope you will look into this situation and right after school lets out next month would be an excellent time to implement this. 

   

  Dick Schmidt

   
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