Comments on: Commission Set To Accept $2.1 Million Agreement with GDOT for C-Streets Ped/Bike Improvement Plan http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/09/03/commission-set-to-accept-2-1-million-agreement-with-gdot-for-c-streets-pedbike-improvement-plan/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Rus http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/09/03/commission-set-to-accept-2-1-million-agreement-with-gdot-for-c-streets-pedbike-improvement-plan/#comment-425464 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 20:49:40 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=28299#comment-425464 This is a great plan! It should cause a lot of the people that use Decatur as a cut-through to take an alternate route.
I just hope that I live to see it completed.

]]> By: Scott http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/09/03/commission-set-to-accept-2-1-million-agreement-with-gdot-for-c-streets-pedbike-improvement-plan/#comment-425115 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 17:05:16 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=28299#comment-425115 The creation of Commerce Blvd. occurred at a time when Decatur leadership was pursuing a very different vision than the one we have today (which has been building and refining since the 80s). During that time of significant flight and disinvestment, the prevailing wisdom was that we must compete with the newly developing suburbs by better accommodating cars.

In the view of many, that line of thinking was a mistake. One no shortage of Decatur policy and expenditure for the past 30 years has been directed towards correcting. So, yes, these changes may (or may not) inconvenience cars slightly but they’ll also open up considerable opportunities for walking and biking, which is what the city’s working towards.

]]> By: Frankie and Johnny http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/09/03/commission-set-to-accept-2-1-million-agreement-with-gdot-for-c-streets-pedbike-improvement-plan/#comment-425109 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 16:38:12 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=28299#comment-425109 So Commerce which was designed to route traffic around the courthouse area will now became
just as difficult to get through. Am I reading this right? Not sure of the logic here.

]]> By: Jan http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/09/03/commission-set-to-accept-2-1-million-agreement-with-gdot-for-c-streets-pedbike-improvement-plan/#comment-425086 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:04:18 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=28299#comment-425086 Anyone know if this will include retiming the Clairemont/Commerce and Church/Commerce lights? As you drive from North Decatur on Clairemont , after waiting sooo long for the arrows and turning left (this light is Never Green), the light turns red at Church just at the second you arrive, even when there are no cars at the intersection. Every time for 18 years, I swear it. So frustrating!

]]> By: Bulldog http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/09/03/commission-set-to-accept-2-1-million-agreement-with-gdot-for-c-streets-pedbike-improvement-plan/#comment-425073 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:10:48 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=28299#comment-425073 I stand corrected. Drove by last night and there is no condo entrance on Williams. But we would still need speed humps to control the race car drivers.

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