Re: [Mpls] Trench for Lake Street Greenway Swap
I use the Greenway every day and I have to point out that its appearance is greatly improved over even a year ago. There is still a very small amount of broken glass, but not nearly as bad as kavidor would have us believe. To Linda, I'd suggest that she rides four short blocks to Nicollet when she's going east and five short blocks to Bryant when going west to access the Greenway. If more people like kavidor and Linda rode the Greenway more often, it wouldn't be so "boring." Even with its MINIMAL drawbacks, it is still 100 TIMES better than traveling east-west through the city with traffic. Eric Bartz East Calhoun --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 8/21/2002 9:20:23 AM Central > Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Very few people, it seems bike > > the Greenway and it's no wonder. In spite of the > heroic efforts of the > > people who work on the Greenway, it remains an > ugly, broken glass , > > graffiti and litter strewn, subterranean > wasteland..no shops, no > > peopleBORING. > > Another reason nobody uses the Greenway is the lack > of entrances and exits. > From Grand Avenue, the only choice I have is either > an entrance at Nicollet > or one at Bryant. I would much rather take the > Greenway than Lake St. but > there's no place accessible for me to get on it. > > Linda Mann > Kingfield > ___ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls __ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] Trench for Lake Street Greenway Swap
In a message dated 8/21/2002 9:20:23 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Very few people, it seems bike > the Greenway and it's no wonder. In spite of the heroic efforts of the > people who work on the Greenway, it remains an ugly, broken glass , > graffiti and litter strewn, subterranean wasteland..no shops, no > peopleBORING. Another reason nobody uses the Greenway is the lack of entrances and exits. >From Grand Avenue, the only choice I have is either an entrance at Nicollet or one at Bryant. I would much rather take the Greenway than Lake St. but there's no place accessible for me to get on it. Linda Mann Kingfield ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Trench for Lake Street Greenway Swap
I was riding my bike on the Midtown Greenway yesterday and I noticed the tracks that used to run along the bikeway are being pulled up. I presume a busway will occupy that space. Very few people, it seems bike the Greenway and it's no wonder. In spite of the heroic efforts of the people who work on the Greenway, it remains an ugly, broken glass , graffiti and litter strewn, subterranean wasteland..no shops, no peopleBORING. Now, bus riders will get to share the bleak, boring Trench with bicyclistsunless... We do a swapturn the trench into an auto and truck only freeway and put the bike/pedestrian and transit only Greenway on Lake Street Motorists are used to traveling in ugly trenches like 35W. Motorists are too busy staying alive to look at their surroundings. The Trench doesn't have street lights to hold up traffic.. 35W and Hwy 55 could be connected to the trench and the the Trench feeds right into the new Wells Fargo Ramp and the Sears complex making the 35W Access Project people happy. Stores on Lake Street would have parking in the rear accessed by a frontage road on the south edge of the trench. And bicyclists, pedestrians and trolley riders would flock to the new Lake Street Greenway...outdoor cafes, festivals.it's a win-win. Ken Avidor Kingfield ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
