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Originally Posted by biggus diggus
I wish I didn't need my car throughout the day or I would walk.
And who is worried about the traffic? No one has expressed any worry.
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Well, since I live in Roosevelt Square, I'm a little worried for one. I wish I could walk everywhere too, but since I can't, traffic is a bit of a concern trying to get out of the neighborhood when I do drive. It was simply an observation, not a call to halt development.
During rush hour there are Rapid buses, commuters coming out of downtown and commuters coming back in. There is a bottleneck with the 2 lights at Central/1st Ave & Roosevelt and then again at 3rd/4th St & Roosevelt. I think some of that could be alleviated with better timing on the lights, but maybe not due to the LRT throwing things off at Central & Roosevelt.
I like living downtown and all the new projects that are happening. In fact that's why I've stayed there for over 7 years. Hopefully, the increased congestion will encourage more people to use alternate forms of transportation, but that may take a while. In the meantime, for people who actually live right on Roosevelt, it's a valid concern. And no, I'm not a NIMBY before anyone goes there. Like I said in my original post, it would be cool to see a 24 story tower at the NEC of 3rd & Roosevelt, but have some concerns about the impact it could potentially have. Anyway, it's a moot point really since that's not what is going in there anyhow.
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Originally Posted by RonnieFoos
You could probably walk that mile faster. Just sayin'
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Just for the sake of argument, the traffic around the Downtown Phoenix is nothing like the headaches of Mill, University, Rural and Apache...especially during rush hour...yet no one is complaining about more density and developments in Tempe. So not sure why anyone would be worried about Phoenix?
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All the streets you mention, with the exception of Mill, are multi-lane whereas Roosevelt is more like Mill Ave; 1 lane in each direction with relatively closely spaced traffic lights. Again, I wasn't complaining (we can leave that to Freeway), just making an observation.