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Blount & Person Street Project - Design Open House - April 2023

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Project Engagement

Participants 398

Responses 2,296

Comments 620

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Average 48 / 100

1 - Not Satisfied

10 - Very Satisfied

I don’t use the bike lanes.

Reply Agreeone year ago

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!

Reply Agreeone year ago

They are not used … if parking is removed it will severely impact the restaurants on the street

Reply Agreeone year ago

We don't need more bike lanes.

Reply Agreeone year ago

configuration looks great. Use bike lanes all the time.

Reply Agreeone year ago

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Average 54 / 100

1 - Not Satisfied

10 - Very Satisfied

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.

Reply Agreeone year ago

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!

Reply Agreeone year ago

We need more parking for all the existing businesses.

Reply Agreeone year ago

On street parking options are very good. Sometimes have to look for a spot, but more often than not, spots are open.

Reply Agreeone year ago

If the goal is to attract people to downtown, parking is essential

Reply Agreeone year ago

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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

Reply 1 Agreeone year ago

In front of Oakwood Pizza

Reply 1 Agreeone year ago

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.

Reply 1 Agreeone year ago

I rely on being able to park in front of the pharmacy.

Reply Agreeone year ago

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	38% Never
	32% Less than once a week
	16% One or two times per week
	8% Everyday
	7% Three or four days a week

256 respondents

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Average 47 / 100

1 - No Support

2 - Full Support

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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
103Rank: 4.0757%Two-way cycle track
102Rank: 4.4457%Two-way conversion (between Edenton & Delway)
98Rank: 5.2854%Stop light at Bragg Street

180 Respondents

We really need the roundabout! That intersection At Automotive Way is such a mess.

Reply Agreeone year ago

Traffic calming measures are most important particularly in the Person Street business district and on-street parking.

Reply Agreeone year ago

No comment.

Reply Agreeone year ago

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.

Reply Agreeone year ago

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.

Reply Agreeone year ago

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Blount & Person Street Project - Design Open House - April 2023

Project Engagement

On a scale of 1 -10, how satisfied are you with the bike lane configuration along the corridor?

On a scale of 1-10, how satisfied are you with the on-street parking options along the corridor?

Where along the corridor do you usually park?

How often do you use on-street parking along Blount or Person streets?

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.