Can anyone in the village explain WHY they made the 4th Street underpass a one way underpass? Although I never drive (so I really shouldn’t care) this one still boggles me. I don’t know a single person that hasn’t zipped through in the incorrect fashion, even though they are well aware of the fact that they are doing it. I watch cabbies zip through. I watch students zip through. I watch teachers zip through. I’ve even seen people from the tribal council zipping through.
What was the point? Most people seem to think that the village elders don’t want tourists on the historic downtown mall to find themselves on the wrong side of the tracks. Is there a better answer?
C-Ville elders think about one way roads.
Speaking of the contemplative elders - they must have been reading this blog, since in the past few months they have added bike racks to the mall, fixed multiple sidewalks throughout the village (for the first time in seven years), and even added a bumpy border/curb across the mall for the 4th street crossing (on the pedestrian mall…which has cars and trucks running through it all day). All three gripes have been posted here in the past six months. At this rate the sidewalks should all be fixed by 2042.
Come on…raise the damn property values at least another 25% this year so more money can be raised! I’m all for it. Seriously.
Before the one-way restriction, I wondered why two-way traffic was allowed, given the numbers of morons zooming under the one-lane bridge at 30 mph. But of course if they’re that stupid in the first place, they’re not going to pay attention to a big arrow on the road.
If I owned Walkers Garage up on Avon, I’d be pushing the city for this:
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At least it would make things more interesting.
Was there EVER an accident near that bridge, from 2 cars trying to go opposite directions at the same time? I don’t recall any (other than the occasional truck getting hung up underneath it, which the new plan doesn’t do anything at all about).
The one-way-ification of that road seems completely arbitrary, and makes for worse traffic flow.
All on the same day, drivers on Water St. at that intersection w/ 4th St. went from having 3 options (straight, right, left) to only 1 option — straight.
Bugs me! Was it really just to keep people from seeing the “wrong side of the tracks”??
The spikes would be a good idea. When the tow truck appears to deal with you they could also give you a ticket right there on the spot as authorized citizens of the law.
As for accidents..I’ve never seen a car accident at that spot. I have seen lots of trucks get stuck under it…but that is still happening.
The village loves to limit options…after all, they believe in democracy. The two go together. Right?
I’d really like to see one valid reason for the one-way-ification. Maybe the village got some valuable data when they did surveys of the people driving across 4th and Three Notched Road.