[Uptown] Erb/Bridgeport/Caroline/Albert Reconstruction

[MidTowner]

Using the low volume argument we could have shot down the expressway back when it was constructed.

What do you mean? Arguing that there is no volume on a piece of infrastructure that doesn’t exist is not at all the same as saying a street is overbuilt for the volume it has been carrying.

Bridgeport and Erb have traffic volumes that justify streets of very different configurations than are in place now. If we don’t base the configuration of a street on the traffic it actually carries, what should drive it?

Slower traffic is good for myriad reasons, not just improved patronage for businesses. Giving Erb and Bridgeport a road diet and building them to suit the traffic they actually carry would slow traffic, making them safer for all road users and residents. It would also increase liveability on the streets, and property values.