[Vision2020] Sixth Street Parking (Just an Idea)

Warren Hayman whayman at roadrunner.com
Tue May 19 16:15:05 PDT 2009


I concur. I cannot imagine either street becoming one-way without serious, 
deleterious effects on the neighborhood(s). Try a simple test: how many 
among us would want to live on such a traffic grid in a heart of residential 
Moscow?

Warren Hayman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce and Jean Livingston" <jeanlivingston at turbonet.com>
To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>; "Mike Deleve" 
<coolerfixer at roadrunner.com>
Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sixth Street Parking (Just an Idea)


>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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