Comments for “Downtown Boise Implementation Plan - Two-way Street Conversion”

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  1. February 21 2013

    Make pedestrian only for these two blocks

  2. February 21 2013

    Talk to ITD and get them to allow parking on Front between 9am and 4pm... then open lanes for traffic from 7am to 9am and 4pm to 6pm... open for parking from 6pm to 7am

  3. February 21 2013

    Changing 8th to flow north will increase traffic significant.. what about pedestrians? Close 8th between Bannock & Main

  4. February 21 2013

    Concerning 2-way conversion/existing: mini-roundabouts have trade-off that some "cyclist" will cut these rather than take lane

  5. February 21 2013

    Better to just close this to motor vehicles

  6. February 21 2013

    13th Street needs to be the first street to fix

  7. February 21 2013

    State St is a mess and especially bad for bikes. A Bike Boulevard on deserted Jefferson 1 block away that would be an easy conversion is a no brainer.

  8. February 21 2013

    To the poster referring to Hyde Park and School impacts. I completely disagree. North Jr is 5 blocks away. Most attendees of NJH and BHS live to the north and will be unaffected by this change. It is a natural route. 15th/16 is great N/S route but due to BHS there is no other south route until 10th(with cross traffic and stop signs on every block) or the not bike friendly 9th corridor. That's 6-7 blocks out of the way to a bad options. Make it a bike boulevard, and lower the speed limit. This is an excellent candidate for conversion to 2 way.

  9. February 20 2013

    I think converting 13th street to two-way traffic is a bad idea. The street already does a good job of funneling people into the Hyde Park Business District and it already carries a significant amount of traffic. By allowing traffic to exit directly to the connector from the North End, you will significantly increase the traffic on this already heavily burdened neighborhood street, and the traffic increase will do nothing to help local businesses (because it will now allow people to exit the neighborhood more easily). Indeed, it will make the street more unsafe for students of both North Jr. High and Boise High School, as well as the surrounding neighborhoods.

  10. February 15 2013

    This could be a good idea at the interesection of 8th & Main if the light is kept there for pedestrian use only with a "no turn on red". Reversing 8th street at this intersection could allow more people to cross Main St without driving trying to push them out of the way (which is a frequent occurance). The city needs a pedestrian only light at this intersection.

    However, reversing this road at 8th and Idaho could be a problem because drivers who want to turn onto 8th street have the potential to get in the way for the buses who want to drive straight through the intersection

  11. February 14 2013

    Do not convert this to alternating directional traffic. with the contraflow bike lane, heavy ped traffic, lots of cars/trucks, there is just too much confusion already and changing direction will be dangerous.