Comments on: Two Opportunities to Ditch the Car This Week http://www.columbusunderground.com/two-opportunities-to-ditch-the-car-this-week News, opinions and reviews on all things Columbus, Ohio. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Columbusite http://www.columbusunderground.com/two-opportunities-to-ditch-the-car-this-week/comment-page-1#comment-90839 Columbusite Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:38:15 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=9137#comment-90839 Just a reminder that it's Car Free Day today and it looks like any other day. Not surprising since MORPC did next to nothing to promote it. Just a reminder that it’s Car Free Day today and it looks like any other day. Not surprising since MORPC did next to nothing to promote it.

]]> By: daniel http://www.columbusunderground.com/two-opportunities-to-ditch-the-car-this-week/comment-page-1#comment-90640 daniel Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:30:54 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=9137#comment-90640 Central City Recording and SKREENED will be participating tomorrow with a spot on the Brighton block (3333 N. High). Pop by: we'll be watching tv. surfing the internet, grilling, and relaxing. This will start around 11am-ish and go until 7pm-ish. Central City Recording and SKREENED will be participating tomorrow with a spot on the Brighton block (3333 N. High).

Pop by: we’ll be watching tv. surfing the internet, grilling, and relaxing.

This will start around 11am-ish and go until 7pm-ish.

]]> By: Columbusite http://www.columbusunderground.com/two-opportunities-to-ditch-the-car-this-week/comment-page-1#comment-90630 Columbusite Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:12:51 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=9137#comment-90630 Excellent to hear that those changes are now official, it's about time. Still got a ways to go though, regarding: infrastructure for motorist awareness of cyclists on <em>all</em> major roads, especially one-way streets Downtown, immediately re-direct money for adding lanes instead to street calming and/or two-way conversions, redesign all major roads for speed limits under 40MPH and sign them as such, all urban commercial streets (a series of buildings against the sidewalk) should already have traffic calming elements that prioritize pedestrians and the city needs to ditch bike lanes altogether which put cyclists in the paths of turning vehicles. If the city wants to say that bikes are equals, then they need to ensure that their plans have cars and bikes sharing the same lane and not be segregated. Excellent to hear that those changes are now official, it’s about time. Still got a ways to go though, regarding: infrastructure for motorist awareness of cyclists on all major roads, especially one-way streets Downtown, immediately re-direct money for adding lanes instead to street calming and/or two-way conversions, redesign all major roads for speed limits under 40MPH and sign them as such, all urban commercial streets (a series of buildings against the sidewalk) should already have traffic calming elements that prioritize pedestrians and the city needs to ditch bike lanes altogether which put cyclists in the paths of turning vehicles. If the city wants to say that bikes are equals, then they need to ensure that their plans have cars and bikes sharing the same lane and not be segregated.

]]> By: Urban Dansigner http://www.columbusunderground.com/two-opportunities-to-ditch-the-car-this-week/comment-page-1#comment-90627 Urban Dansigner Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:28:01 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=9137#comment-90627 The Columbus Planning Division and the Mayor’s Office will be taking over a parking spot in front of the Planning office at 109 N. Front St (corner of Front & Spring). The City of Columbus is using PARK(ing) Day to help promote the proposed Parking Code changes. Some of the key changes include: required bicycle parking for most land uses; parking requirements will be lowered for several land uses; parking “caps” will be established for many land uses; the proposed changes call out the potential for interior landscaping to also serve the purpose of bio-retention or stormwater management; better accommodations for pedestrians through a requirement that sidewalks or striped crosswalks be provided from buildings to the public sidewalk system for walkers and bus riders; and more explicit allowance for pervious pavement. The Columbus Planning Division and the Mayor’s Office will be taking over a parking spot in front of the Planning office at 109 N. Front St (corner of Front & Spring). The City of Columbus is using PARK(ing) Day to help promote the proposed Parking Code changes. Some of the key changes include: required bicycle parking for most land uses; parking requirements will be lowered for several land uses; parking “caps” will be established for many land uses; the proposed changes call out the potential for interior landscaping to also serve the purpose of bio-retention or stormwater management; better accommodations for pedestrians through a requirement that sidewalks or striped crosswalks be provided from buildings to the public sidewalk system for walkers and bus riders; and more explicit allowance for pervious pavement.

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