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Originally Posted by Wolf13
That's the issue. Opponents to the opening have yet put a good case forward. The openers have a strong case. Politically speaking, we have every reason to be upset since this should never have been up to the suburbs.
I'm a professional, and work downtown, so while I don't live there by golly would I respect the wishes of residents combined with smart planning principles. The people voted for stupidity, and stupidity is frustrating.
Hence the endless venting in this thread.
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It's perfectly reasonable to believe that opening the intersection to pedestrians will lead to significant traffic delays, more accidents and more injuries, in addition to being expensive and unlikely to produce any great benefit for downtown. It's certainly not "stupidity" and, in fact, reflects the "smart planning principles" of 40 years ago (which, at very least, leads one to suspect that planning isn't an exact science and that planners' current prescriptions ought to be taken with a grain of salt).
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