[Vision2020] Sixth Street Parking (Just an Idea)

[Bruce and Jean Livingston]

I think that making Third and Sixth Streets one-way car conductors through 
the residential neighborhoods east of downtown is a terrible idea.

I think such parallel one-way car conductors  will increase the speed of the 
vehicles through what are lovely residential neighborhoods.  I think they 
would bifurcate (or trifurcate) the east side of town, making it less 
walkable while markedly decreasing the ambience of East City Park.  I also 
think that such a plan would increase the likelihood of punching Third St. 
through to Mountainview in the way that would wreak the most havoc possible 
on the Third Street corridor.  In short, such a plan would adversely affect 
the neighborhoods, the property values, and the enjoyability of life along 
those streets.  Parallel one-way streets along Third and Sixth would 
probably lead to later efforts to widen those streets and make them 
arterials, notwithstanding the potential loss of trees that are an integral 
part of those neighborhoods.

In short, Third and Sixth Streets would become much less desirable streets. 
Neighborhoods that are some of the jewels of the city would be hurt.  Such 
costs are not worth imposing on fellow citizens, simply to make it easier 
for someone that lives east of Mountainview to get home a minute sooner.

Bruce Livingston


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "Mike Deleve" <coolerfixer at roadrunner.com>
Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sixth Street Parking (Just an Idea)


> Restricting Third Street to one-way, east-bound traffic would not have to
> extend any further east than Sixth Street's one-way west bound restriction
> . . . maybe Blaine.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
>>
>> Sure! As long as they punch 3rd Street through to Mtn. View!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:09 PM
>> Subject: [Vision2020] Sixth Street Parking (Just an Idea)
>>
>>
>>> Greetings Visionaires -
>>>
>>> After having watched videos of each meeting of the April 27th Public
>>> Works
>>> and Finance Committee and the May 18th Moscow City Council, May I
>>> suggest
>>> this alternative . . .
>>>
>>> Realizing that parking is a virtual necessity for those living on Sixth
>>> Street, that reducing the speed limit is not likely to produce any
>>> favorable results, how about . . .
>>>
>>> Restricting traffic on Sixth Street to one-way west-bound only,
>>> commencing
>>> from Washington and returning to two-way traffic at a point, to be
>>> decided
>>> by the appropriate committee, east of Washington.
>>>
>>> If additional east-bound access is considered essential, perhaps Third
>>> Street can become one-way east-bound.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen
>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>
>>>
>>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
>>> change
>>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>>
>>> - Unknown
>>>
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> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
> - Unknown
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