I don't know if any one else saw this, but here's the Urban Land Institutes report on the Vista Avenue Corridor. For those that don't know, Vista was selected as a demonstration corridor for the Healthy Corridors Initiative by the ULI. They looked at different corridors and their potential/constraints. I've attached the link to the site describing the project.
Some of the interesting suggestions that were made were:
1. Remove the slip lane at Vista and Overland.
2. Reduce Vista to 1 lane in either direction w/ parking or off-peak parallel parking in the out-side lanes.
3. Mix-use infill
4. Continue public art along the road way to match the airport
5. Make it the Brooklyn of Idaho or a new creative district.
Presentation Link:
http://uli.org/wp-content/uploads/UL...enue-final.pdf
Project Website:
http://uli.org/research/centers-init...thy-corridors/