No ‘suicide lanes’ on Seventh Street and Seventh Avenue?
Does tradition count for nothing? From The Arizona Republic:
An Arizona State University think tank will help decide the fate of reversible lanes on Seventh Street and Seventh Avenue, following a vote Wednesday by the Phoenix City Council.The council voted to contract with the Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory, a think tank based out of ASU’s College of Design.
At stake is what becomes of Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street, major arteries into and out of downtown Phoenix, where the center lane becomes a one-way lane during peak hours.
For more than 25 years, the lanes have helped the traffic flow into downtown in the morning and out of it in the evening. But nearby residents and merchants complain that the lanes are unfriendly to pedestrians and confusing and possibly dangerous to motorists.
The Seventh Avenue Merchants Association has endorsed eliminating what they call “suicide lanes.”
Could this be a ploy to induce more commuters to take public transportation? Don’t hold your breath waiting to find out: “The ASU study is expected to take until the end of the year.”
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