Comments on: Decatur City Commission Delays Decision on West Ponce “No Parking Zone”

By: RenfroeMom

RenfroeMom — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:26:16 +0000

I agree with you, TomL, at least on the hinted at need for slower travel. I hate seeing people driving fast on Adair. I used to live in the neighborhood and believe it always has had cut through traffic to contend with. A heavier car volume and faster speeds make it more dangerous for the kids and pets and walkers, etc. to enjoy their neighborhood. I am sure the city planners did not intend to put more pressure on residential streets as they made driving through downtown more difficult, but I would bet that has happened. In a city where its residents must cross the tracks constantly for work/school/groceries/etc., it wonder how we take pressure off the residential cut through streets.

By: r

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:57:13 +0000

I don’t understand why it is so complicated. ?

By: Tom L

Tom L — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:07:29 +0000

Edited to add: The slower one travels these streets the more obvious the needs and solutions.

It was refreshing to meet joggers in the lane between the bike lane and sidewalk on my commute yesterday. : – )

By: Tom L

Tom L — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:19:54 +0000

Parking limits across from Thomas Moore School will continue to be needed as a transition from two to single lane traffic. Remember the orange cones that were placed in front of the big house during construction? White diagonal striping will replace these as a “visual” indicator of how traffic should proceed at that point. A valuable and necessary addition in my opinion.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:13:24 +0000

I think the commission and the city agree with you. Hugh Saxon stated to the AJC that they would just make it one lane at Trinity/Ponce and the City Manager mentioned reevaluating the road back to the Northern intersection, which is where it goes from 1 lane to 2.