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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright
Seriously dude? What traffic? The 5 min long traffic jam that pops up between Fullerton and California for 2 hours a day on the weekends?
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Uh, wrong. Traffic is
absurd along Milwaukee from Division to Logan. It's especially bad between Division and North and then also between Armitage and Fullerton. On any given day that 2 mile stretch will take up to 30 minutes to pass! It is a serious problem as it is now, much less after MORE development along Milwaukee.
How do you guys not understand the fact that these big, high density projects like this will bring MORE people and therefore MORE cars, thus making an already terrible traffic problem that much worse??? I'm all for development and growth, but at what cost? I simply think the city needs to be smart about these kind of density increasing developments. We need solutions to our traffic problem, not additions to the problem. It seems logical that the elimination of street parking and dedicated bike lanes would allow for four lanes of free flowing traffic. Our arterial streets should facilitate vehicle flow, not hinder it.
If there are no viable solutions to the Milwaukee traffic problem, then I am most definitely opposed to any and all projects that will add density and thus more cars. 10 years ago, Milwaukee ave was fine. Today it's one of the more traffic prone streets on the north side. I blame over-development.