It is unfortunate that protected bike lanes are being proposed for Blount and Person Streets and that the bike lanes on Wake Forest Road (WFR) in Mordecai will remain unprotected. Why not add protections by extending the two-way cycle tract to Brookside for Mordecai residents if protected bike lanes are now essential for the corridor? Originally, the corridor project was meant to be equitable for everyone with the two-way conversion along the whole corridor and two separate bike lanes running in each direction on much calmer streets. Now the two-way conversion is only on the North end of the corridor and WFR ends up with no bike protection. Perhaps its time shift focus away from designing “protected” lanes for cyclists for only a few streets downtown and devote more time designing more “complete” streets that encourage true traffic calming which allows everyone to “share” all roads in downtown safely - - it would truly be more equitable for everyone in downtown and not just in the corridor! Keep thinking outside the box, please!
On a scale of 1-10, how satisfied are you with the on-street parking options along the corridor?
Average 54 / 100
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On a scale of 1-10, how satisfied are you with the on-street parking options along the corridor?
Please do not take away the parking spaces along the North Person Street business district. Parking was just reconfigured there with the last phase. Do not undo it. The businesses and residents need those spots.
Whether one is for or against protected bike lanes, on street parking, or the two-way conversion - - as a Person Street partner, I encourage the Phase 2 planners/designers to help us continue to, as our mural proclaims, "Build A Better Person" and ensure that the three blocks of North Person Street maintain a good BALANCE of on street parking, loading zones, and bike lane access. Unlike downtown with ample parking decks and the Village District with plenty of surface parking, the Person Street business district has always lacked sufficient and dependable off-street parking and current on-street parking is by no means excessive! Seriously, these businesses do rely on on-street parking for a good percentage of their customers as do businesses all over Raleigh! Please plan wisely and consider a safer overall streetscape plan for the three blocks of North Person Street that preserves this balance without replacing valuable on-street parking with protected lanes if at all possible. From the beginning, the idea was to calm the streets with the “road diet” and the two-way conversion so that all modes of transport could share the road and co-exist? We've spent the last 12 years working hard to revitalize Person Street and help create the best collection of locally owned retail shops and restaurants in downtown Raleigh! I challenge the City to keep our valuable businesses’ best interest at heart and continue to rethink this design!
Person St. shopping complex severely lacking parking option, which forces patrons of the popular shops there to park along the street on Blount and Person and Franklin
These 6 houses need to be considered. Out of the 6 houses, only 2 of them have driveways so they rely on street parking. A lot of people that do not live at these houses park here and there's nowhere for the homeowners to park.
The project calls for us to convert both Blount and Person streets into two two-way streets between Edenton Street and Delway Street. On a scale between 1 and 10, please rate your support for the two-way conversion.
Average 47 / 100
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The project calls for us to convert both Blount and Person streets into two two-way streets between Edenton Street and Delway Street. On a scale between 1 and 10, please rate your support for the two-way conversion.
Based on the information from the video and or the public meeting please let us know what parts of the project are the most important to you. Please put in order most important to least important.
145Rank: 2.5281%Traffic calming measures
116Rank: 2.7064%Parking protected bike lanes
127Rank: 2.9771%Buffered bike lanes
123Rank: 3.3768%Roundabout at Automotive Way and Wake Forest Road
Based on the information from the video and or the public meeting please let us know what parts of the project are the most important to you. Please put in order most important to least important.
We really need the roundabout! That intersection At Automotive Way is such a mess.
2 way conversion should help local businesses and reduce thru traffic. Hopefully people going to North Raleigh will start using Capital. Will also create better, safer pedestrian atmosphere.
These poor roads are being asked to do too much. First parking, then bike lanes and now two way steets? Sounds like you are intentionally trying to gridlock downtown. That is not the way to encourage folks to return to downtiwm. Leave the one ways as is.
