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> I-280 is turned into a surface-level boulevard (like Octavia). You meant a parking lot, didn't you ? :D
by vidoc 9y ago
> I-280 is turned into a surface-level boulevard (like Octavia).
You meant a parking lot, didn't you ? :D
- texuf 9y agoOctavia is quite nice and traffic flows through there pretty well.
- vidoc 9y agoI actually have to admit I am honestly not qualified to say whether the traffic on Octavia worsened after the redesign! I guess this is my subconscious tricking me there, since the redesigned Octavia, looks a lot like redesigned Chavez, which in fact has bike lanes, trees, and all, but became a parking lot !
- a2tech 9y agoIt’s a highway in California. It’s implied.
- drewda 9y agoTo be more precise, I meant storefronts, a few bike lanes, some trees, and then an "open air sewer for automobiles that pay no direct usage fees but still take up huge amounts of urban space per person" ;) Snide remarks aside, there are nice drawing of Octavia Boulevard in https://www.amazon.com/Boulevard-Book-Evolution-Multiway-Boulevards/dp/0262600587/ https://www.amazon.com/Boulevard-Book-Evolution-Multiway-Bou... and an interesting (at least to me) backstory of its development in https://www.amazon.com/Street-Fight-Struggle-Mobility-Francisco/dp/1558499997/ https://www.amazon.com/Street-Fight-Struggle-Mobility-Franci...