The Many Benefits of Making One-Way Streets Two-Way (Atlanta, Louisville: 2015, tax)

[glovenyc]

This article makes me think of what needs to be done on Spring and West Peachtree streets in midtown.

A New Analysis of One-Way Street Conversions in Louisville Finds Safety and Economic Benefits - CityLab

[Gulch]

Add Juniper/Courtland and Piedmont to that list.

[netdragon]

No thanks. The one-way avenues are a god-send during heavy traffic. They also make things a little more controlled. They can come up with better ways to improve safety up to and including adding wrought iron railings along sidewalks to keep people from crossing where they shouldn't and grade-separated pedestrian crossings in congested crossing areas (NYC has many of these built into subway stations, around Grand Central, etc)

NYC doesn't have serious issues with the one-ways. When you get downtown and midtown, Atlanta has a sensible grid. I'm sure we can figure it out. The city leaders should go spend a month up in NYC and take notes.

[flyonpa]

Have not read the white paper yet.

But Boston is making (permanent) a bunch of it two way streets, it turned one way due to the snow that got last winter.

The roads are narrow to start with, It should increase the amount of parking available, They were talking about added bike lanes to some of the oneway's

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by netdragon

No thanks. The one-way avenues are a god-send during heavy traffic. They can come up with better ways to improve safety up to and including adding wrought iron railings along sidewalks to keep people from crossing where they shouldn't.

NYC doesn't have serious issues with the one-ways. When you get downtown and midtown, Atlanta has a sensible grid. I'm sure we can figure it out.

You are putting car commuters above residents and people that actually live, spend money, and add to the tax digest. This is the suburban commuters mindset and it has held back many areas of Atlanta form improving, but we are seeing as Peachtree corridor fills up, development is moving to Spring and West Peachtree, helped by Tech and Tech Square.
It is time for the City of Atlanta to improve the QOL for it's residents and not cater to suburban commuters who want to use our streets to cut-thru as they can save 5 minutes.

[netdragon]

Originally Posted by cqholt

You are putting car commuters above residents and people that actually live, spend money, and add to the tax digest. This is the suburban commuters mindset and it has held back many areas of Atlanta form improving, but we are seeing as Peachtree corridor fills up, development is moving to Spring and West Peachtree, helped by Tech and Tech Square.
It is time for the City of Atlanta to improve the QOL for it's residents and not cater to suburban commuters who want to use our streets to cut-thru as they can save 5 minutes.

One-way is urban. When you make things two-way, it actually makes it a little more crazy for pedestrians since you get people turning in on you to enter a building from two directions instead of one. Look at the craziness on some of the numbered streets in midtown.

[glovenyc]

Originally Posted by netdragon

No thanks. The one-way avenues are a god-send during heavy traffic. They also make things a little more controlled. They can come up with better ways to improve safety up to and including adding wrought iron railings along sidewalks to keep people from crossing where they shouldn't and grade-separated pedestrian crossings in congested crossing areas (NYC has many of these built into subway stations, around Grand Central, etc)

NYC doesn't have serious issues with the one-ways. When you get downtown and midtown, Atlanta has a sensible grid. I'm sure we can figure it out. The city leaders should go spend a month up in NYC and take notes.

I think as long as Spring and W. Peachtree streets are one-way, you won't have to worry about any pedestrians. It's creepy how deserted those street seem, because the one way streets are not conducive to real street level retail development.

[jsvh]

Good article and points. Multi-lane one-way streets are an outdated car-first design that no longer makes sense in most urban areas that also want to welcome pedestrians, bikes and other traffic.

[testa50]

Spring and West Peachtree are pretty difficult to convert, unfortunately. They require some major projects to modify the interstate access points at their northern and southern ends. Piedmont and Juniper/Courtland are probably easier candidates.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by glovenyc

This article makes me think of what needs to be done on Spring and West Peachtree streets in midtown.

A New Analysis of One-Way Street Conversions in Louisville Finds Safety and Economic Benefits - CityLab

Interesting. Logic would say that all those left-turn movements would increase accidents.