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Yep, take a look at the satellite photo to really grasp how much of a bottlenext that stretch is: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...bottleneck.png |
I've looked at the satellite quite a bit. I have no faith in Google's distance estimates anymore, so I can't estimate how wide 35 is there. Someone probably has the numbers. But the planned ROW that is buried and capped is 160 feet, which is about half what is currently there. If the narrow stretch has a little more than 160, it's feasible. That's even with the cemetery and everything else.
But I agree that it would be a logistical nightmare. Diverting that much traffic would be monumental. 130 would have to get a lot and 183 would have to be upgraded so traffic isn't stuck at lights through town. |
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If you don't want to borther with renting a car the train trip over is nice too ( they drive on the lower level ) and probable gives you more time to look around when you don't have to keep an eye on traffic.. but of course won't see the pillars.. Personally I like the Great Belt bridge better - it's larger and taller and both train and cars are on the same level.. Where in Sweden does she live ( if you are into road trips I can't recommend Norway enough - superb roads, amazing scenery and friedly people ( only down side is the low speed limits and speed traps that also hunts Sweden, but both nations warn before you pass one ) |
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I'll have to remember to get some photos of these the next time I'm downtown for photos.
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Austin's urban rail plan could wrap up in early 2014
Community Impact - Central Austin - 5/14/13
"Keahey said the next step in the urban rail plan is to look at a range of alternatives for rail alignment and to explain [justify] where it would be more expensive [Guad/Lamar] to put rail and where ridership would improve [Mueller]." Could the announced UT med school plans help tilt this in Mueller's favor even more? Reading between the lines on this quote? http://impactnews.com/articles/austi...in-early-2014/ |
@Electricron - I hope you're OK up there in Granbury
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http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/...eets-run-wild/
These are great ideas that should be looked at for downtown streets. The stuff that was done on Park Lane would be great for 6th and also for a few others. |
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I watched some of the video. All I have to say is Hell No to that stupid traffic circle. Looks like a nightmare. I'd rather not have any of those things. I'm all for making downtown more walkable. Have wider sidewalks. Have better crosswalks. But keep your circles.
By the way, that intersection they changed in that video was terrible. Whomever made that to begin with should be flogged. |
... it seemed to work very well without being a nightmare at all. I have no idea what you're talking about.
But I wasn't referencing the circles at all anyway, I was referencing the other street that they changed and referred back to a few times. |
That's interesting, but I'm not sure that would work everywhere. That's actually a fairly small intersection really. Our smaller intersections in downtown don't get all that much traffic anyway, and the ones that do might be too large and not quite a right fit for that.
What I liked the most was the idea of drivers and pedestrians interacting more, making eye contact and (polite) hand gestures. One of the things I do a lot on my bike is to wave to cars to let them go before me, or if they let me go, I'll wave as a way to say thank you. One of the things that bugs me about American transportation is how impersonal it is. |
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