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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=937121222-11042005>6th
and 3rd, East of downtown were originally constructed as residential
streets. In fact, if you'll look as you whiz by, you'll see that a lot of
people still live there and enjoy walking around their neighborhoods. It's
only in the last 10-15 years, as residential neighborhoods have sprawled East
and the motor businesses have metastasized to the West that these
intervening neighborhoods have been reduced to
"routes".</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=937121222-11042005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=937121222-11042005>This
is a cautionary tale, as the community prepares D & E as the next "traffic
sacrificial zones" by proposing to relocate schools and rezoning farmland
without infrastructure planning.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>**********************************************<BR>Ron
Force <SPAN
class=937121222-11042005>M</SPAN>oscow ID <SPAN
class=937121222-11042005>USA</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:rforce@moscow.com">rforce@<SPAN
class=937121222-11042005>moscow.com</A></SPAN><BR>**********************************************</FONT>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Dick Schmidt<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 11, 2005 2:50
PM<BR><B>To:</B> John Dickinson; nchaney@moscow.com; pegh@uidaho.edu;
jon@n-k-ins.com; jmack@turbonet.com; lpall@moscow.com<BR><B>Cc:</B>
vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Re: With gas at $2.50 a
gallon it is time to cutCrosswalk numbers<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>John,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dick Schmidt</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=johnd@moscow.com href="mailto:johnd@moscow.com">John Dickinson</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=dickschmidt@moscow.com
href="mailto:dickschmidt@moscow.com">'Dick Schmidt'</A> ; <A
title=nchaney@moscow.com
href="mailto:nchaney@moscow.com">nchaney@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=pegh@uidaho.edu href="mailto:pegh@uidaho.edu">pegh@uidaho.edu</A> ; <A
title=jon@n-k-ins.com href="mailto:jon@n-k-ins.com">jon@n-k-ins.com</A> ; <A
title=jmack@turbonet.com
href="mailto:jmack@turbonet.com">jmack@turbonet.com</A> ; <A
title=lpall@moscow.com href="mailto:lpall@moscow.com">lpall@moscow.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 11, 2005 2:40
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: With gas at $2.50 a gallon
it is time to cut Crosswalk numbers</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">Dick,<BR><BR>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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">John<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Dick
Schmidt [mailto:dickschmidt@moscow.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, April 11, 2005 1:24
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <A
href="mailto:nchaney@moscow.com">nchaney@moscow.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:johnd@moscow.com">johnd@moscow.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:pegh@uidaho.edu">pegh@uidaho.edu</A>; <A
href="mailto:jon@n-k-ins.com">jon@n-k-ins.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:jmack@turbonet.com">jmack@turbonet.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:lpall@moscow.com">lpall@moscow.com</A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> With gas at $2.50 a gallon it
is time to cut Crosswalk numbers</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">All,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I
hope you will look into this situation and right after school lets out next
month would be an excellent time to implement this.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dick Schmidt<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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