Couple of things
- J.T. was nice enough to humor me and publish my letter that responded to Andy Totten's 'Barack Obama is a socialist' letter from this past weekend.
- Awesome. It's like the mid-1990s all over again! And, in a words I never thought I'd write, I agree with Diddy on this one ... the story is kinda shoddy, and anything that is geared toward young readers on the web and labeled as 'perfect for that audience is more of a product than, you know, actual journalism.
- I'm torn on this, well on one element at least. As of now, I'm not in favor of three-laning North Avenue for the same rationale that I'm not in favor of three-laning Prince Avenue in that both serve as primary corridors to our downtown business district. However, I'm open for discussion for Cedar Shoals Drive. Clearly there isn't enough traffic there to justify the four lanes it currently has, though I'm more skeptical about adding a median to the center lane. If our projections indicate that within the next 10 years the road will exceed the capacity for three-lane roads, and the issue must be revisited again, the removal of said median would be messy and, I would assume, expensive. Plus medians, however attractive, do pose logistics problems for the existing traffic on those roads.
- It's borderline incredible he was employed for 12 years, with three warnings in between, and then sails off to the University of Texas, only to be fired again. I mean, can't one sense a pattern?
- Wow. Paul Broun has a huge lead over Barry Fleming and Nancy Schaefer in this poll. I figure that it'll be hard to break into his leads in Northeast Georgia, even with Schaefer's sabotage plan in play, but to see the two challengers garnering less than 20 percent combined is stunning.
- I think Amy Summers has a very valid point namely because I only clicked on this link because I thought 'pretty girls in bikinis!'
- Well, this answers one question a neighbor of mine had the other day, now I just need to do some more research on the safety records of existing facilities (though I tried to explain to her that such a comparison would, on some level, be an apples-and-oranges kind of thing since this is a newer facility).
- This is where we need some forward thinking, regionally, because even though we're still mired in a drought and are in need of some restrictions, we all have full reservoirs and our rivers are swollen due to much-needed rains. However, that water just funnels downstream to other parts and it would be nice if we actually had a plan in place to build another reservoir to take advantage of these higher flows, thus further preparing ourselves for the expected dry summer.
- Awesome. It's like the mid-1990s all over again! And, in a words I never thought I'd write, I agree with Diddy on this one ... the story is kinda shoddy, and anything that is geared toward young readers on the web and labeled as 'perfect for that audience is more of a product than, you know, actual journalism.
- I'm torn on this, well on one element at least. As of now, I'm not in favor of three-laning North Avenue for the same rationale that I'm not in favor of three-laning Prince Avenue in that both serve as primary corridors to our downtown business district. However, I'm open for discussion for Cedar Shoals Drive. Clearly there isn't enough traffic there to justify the four lanes it currently has, though I'm more skeptical about adding a median to the center lane. If our projections indicate that within the next 10 years the road will exceed the capacity for three-lane roads, and the issue must be revisited again, the removal of said median would be messy and, I would assume, expensive. Plus medians, however attractive, do pose logistics problems for the existing traffic on those roads.
- It's borderline incredible he was employed for 12 years, with three warnings in between, and then sails off to the University of Texas, only to be fired again. I mean, can't one sense a pattern?
- Wow. Paul Broun has a huge lead over Barry Fleming and Nancy Schaefer in this poll. I figure that it'll be hard to break into his leads in Northeast Georgia, even with Schaefer's sabotage plan in play, but to see the two challengers garnering less than 20 percent combined is stunning.
- I think Amy Summers has a very valid point namely because I only clicked on this link because I thought 'pretty girls in bikinis!'
- Well, this answers one question a neighbor of mine had the other day, now I just need to do some more research on the safety records of existing facilities (though I tried to explain to her that such a comparison would, on some level, be an apples-and-oranges kind of thing since this is a newer facility).
- This is where we need some forward thinking, regionally, because even though we're still mired in a drought and are in need of some restrictions, we all have full reservoirs and our rivers are swollen due to much-needed rains. However, that water just funnels downstream to other parts and it would be nice if we actually had a plan in place to build another reservoir to take advantage of these higher flows, thus further preparing ourselves for the expected dry summer.
posted by Jmac at 8:34 AM
6 Comments:
I'm fine wth Paul Broun, but I'm not buying any poll that shows anybody at 71 percent.
Who'd they poll? His office staff?
"Who'd they poll? His office staff?"
yes, but he only got 71% of their votes :-)
Three-laning North Avenue is a stupid idea. Rather, the powers that be should take this opportunity to work on NAve's other issues -- I'd strongly suggest getting rid of the center lane except where necessary by putting in medians (which would also help establish NAve as one of the gateways to town), and doing a better job on pedestrian crossings and such. That side of town has more non-drivers than possibly any other, and desperately needs a functional entryway.
Nicki -
I am confused with your post, you state that North Avenue has more non-drivers than other corridors, but yet you are advocating keeping five vehicle lanes over three lanes with bike lanes? Speeds are typically much greater with five lanes than with three - so from a pedestrian viewpoint, I would think three lanes are more inline with their needs as well.
Don't get me wrong, I totally agree with the status quo on North Avenue but from a vehicle needs viewpoint (especially since Danielsville Road is set to be constructed as a four lane roadway with turn lanes and medians outside of the Loop). I just don't get your logic.
You can order a grilled sandwich filled with the veggies they serve at Five Guys. Just not those Boca burgers or whatevers, obviously...
Also, why is a woman in a bikini automatically as a sexualized person demeaning to women elsewise? I mean, if the problem is specifically the utilization of sexual attraction for a political purpose, that's an altogether different kind of criticism than saying that women in bikinis in a public place is demeaning to women.
NAve has a ton of peds. More than most of our other entry points, and they're the type of peds that aren't walking for their health. But it also has heavy vehicular traffic -- I don't think 3 lanes will work.
So, I'm thinking 4 lanes with enhanced ped crossings and replace the 5th lane with a combination of raised/landscaped median and turn lanes.
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