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Serious implications to traffic and pedestrian and cyclists safety on Cornwall Avenue
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Introducing motion to reduce traffic speeds on Cornwall Avenue to protect pedestrians and cyclists
" I think though, this is a reflection of, you know, some pretty serious implications to traffic and safety for pedestrians and cyclists along Cornwall Avenue... But I think that there's an imminent and preeminent need for this kind of speed reduction, given the popularity of Cornwall in the summer months. And this would be something great to initiate and move forward right now."
what this amendment really says and what the overall approach is that bikes aren't welcome, that active transportation is not going to be welcome on Broadway
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Motion to Remove Active Transportation Infrastructure from Broadway Project
"... bikes aren't welcome... on Broadway. ... if you want to participate in this great street...you're going to have to ride on the road. That's scary... The time to do this is now. We've got the streets ripped up.... induced demand. If we build the active transportation lane, people will come.If we build more car lanes, more cars will come. This is the time where we make these kind of visionary decisions to really define what a great street's going to look like. It's not going to be any cheaper."
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."