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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) Streets are not narrower than other streets in the city - the ones the residents use all of the time in other neighborhoods;

2) No one is entitled to free street parking. It is public space. You or I can and should be able to use it. If they want reserved parking, then their driveway or garage should suffice.

3) DDOT wants 42nd Street to be a regular street. This is a non-starter.[/quote]

1) Well, most streets closest to the project are designated 'local' and [i]are indeed narrower [/i]than roadways deemed "collector" and "arterial" by DDOT.   When "local" and 100% residential streets like Ellicott and Chesapeake are suddenly tasked with carrying increased (commuting) traffic loads that are more appropriate for collector streets that is problematic from a safety POV.

A resident of 43rd/Ellicott/Davenport/Chesapeake who is focused on traffic pattern changes is smart and should absolutely intervene in the collusion and shennigans that often surround DDOT traffic studies done ahead of proposed development.

2) right.  luckily, you live several blocks away and have a driveway+garage, so you're safe.

3)  You seem to be at least moderately prepped in the machinations of traffic engineering  If so, you know that DDOT is historically willing and capable of installing enough "traffic calming" obstacles in a small area that render the road useless to travel @ 25 mph, the designated speed.  Jutting curbs, bump outs, all-new islands that narrow the lane, pedestrian-activated signals.   If the safe speed of a roadway drops from 25 to less than 10 mph, by design, it's no longer a viable travel way -- even if retains its designation as a local street.[/quote]

So your argument here is that 43rd/Ellicott/Davenport/Chesapeake will become harder to navigate because of all of the new cut-through traffic yet 42nd Street, which you presumably want to use, won't be viable anymore. Selfish much? You want to ensure there is no new traffic in your little area while professing to be upset about not using 42nd Street, someone else's little area.

And, to add, your little area already has all sorts of no turn restrictions during rush hour, so no one but you and your neighbors are legally using those streets right now anyhow.

You really are a selfish priss.

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