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Pete Fry
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We can have the patio. We can have the sidewalks. And we can have the separated active transportation lanes
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Motion to Remove Active Transportation Infrastructure from Broadway Project
"It's not going to be more practical to revisit this later. In fact, there will be more encumbrance because nobody's going to want to rip up Broadway again.... we really can have it all. We can have the trees... the patio...the sidewalks. And...the separated active transportation lanes."
I think it's ludicrous to assume that we can have a safe, welcoming, great street with people on scooters zipping down the sidewalk
Meeting Date:
Motion to Remove Active Transportation Infrastructure from Broadway Project
"I think it's ludicrous to assume that we can have a safe, welcoming, great street with people on scooters zipping down the sidewalk.... It's not a safe street.... And we know that if we're going to talk about patios and restaurants, we're going to have food delivery guys.This is an opportunity to really think forward, think future, and do it right now"
induced demand .... give more access to active transportation
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Staff Recommendation to Remove Active Transportation Lanes from Broadway Road Design
"Induced demand... if with a great street, we would be inducing the demand for people to have patios there or whatever and spend more time on Broadway. Would that same notion apply to giving more access to active transportation or giving more access to vehicular traffic?"