Traffic won't be so bad on Prince
The Athens Banner-Herald updates its web site and tells us Prince Avenue will remain four lanes thanks to a 6-4 vote early this morning by the Athens-Clarke County Commission.
Kathy Hoard, George Maxwell, Tom Chasteen, Harry Sims, Charles Carter and States McCarter voted to keep Prince Avenue the way it is, rather than three-laning the road from Milledge Avenue into downtown. Elton Dodson, Alice Kinman, David Lynn and Carl Jordan voted to three-lane the road.
Opponents of three-laning, according the ABH's reporting, outnumbered proponents two-to-one and folks from Jackson County and Oconee County spoke out against the move. The commission also opted against taking over a stretch of Prince Avenue from the control of the state ... which will save Athens-Clarke County more than a million dollars in the next decade ... money which perhaps can be invested into improving our public transportation system.
Not much to comment on, aside from a hearty kudos to the commissioners who voted against the three-laning efforts. I will say that Dorothy O'Neill of BikeAthens is more than a tad off on this:
This is not about cyclists and pedestrians taking something away from cars."
It's entirely about taking something away from cars. You're talking about removing two entire lanes of traffic in lieu of 'better' sidewalks and bike lanes. If there is ever a more clear case of something being taken from cars, this is it!
Kathy Hoard, George Maxwell, Tom Chasteen, Harry Sims, Charles Carter and States McCarter voted to keep Prince Avenue the way it is, rather than three-laning the road from Milledge Avenue into downtown. Elton Dodson, Alice Kinman, David Lynn and Carl Jordan voted to three-lane the road.
Opponents of three-laning, according the ABH's reporting, outnumbered proponents two-to-one and folks from Jackson County and Oconee County spoke out against the move. The commission also opted against taking over a stretch of Prince Avenue from the control of the state ... which will save Athens-Clarke County more than a million dollars in the next decade ... money which perhaps can be invested into improving our public transportation system.
Not much to comment on, aside from a hearty kudos to the commissioners who voted against the three-laning efforts. I will say that Dorothy O'Neill of BikeAthens is more than a tad off on this:
This is not about cyclists and pedestrians taking something away from cars."
It's entirely about taking something away from cars. You're talking about removing two entire lanes of traffic in lieu of 'better' sidewalks and bike lanes. If there is ever a more clear case of something being taken from cars, this is it!
posted by Jmac at 10:09 AM
1 Comments:
Well, I'm a terrible political analyst. Even though I was sort of lukewarmly (is that a word?) opposed to three-laning it, I just can't get all jazzed up about it.
The mood at AP is less "We Won!! Yay!", and more, "meh."
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