The bridge was the governor’s idea to celebrate the state’s 150th anniversary. But it was panned by lawmakers, historic preservationists and, apparently, the public.
It would cause traffic change, sure. But that change could be modeled, tested, and adapted around beforehand. Hell you can even go a step further and implement more routes for the free mall ride, move parking and traffic even further from the city center and use it as an opportunity to promote public transit. Sure nimbys would complain, cause that’s what they always do, but when they see how much easier it is travel to and within downtown, how much quieter it is there, and how great the now enlarged park is surrounded by stuff to actually see and do they’ll pretend like it’s always been that way or that they were always for it.
I think I can see your vision and yeah, it would be cool but where would we put commercial traffic? Can’t put it north of Colfax, everything down to 8th is fucked and 8th/6th is maxed out.
Closing Broadway Lincoln and Colfax would cause a traffic nightmare. Hell, that bus stop at Lincoln and Colfax is the busiest in the state, afaik
It would cause traffic change, sure. But that change could be modeled, tested, and adapted around beforehand. Hell you can even go a step further and implement more routes for the free mall ride, move parking and traffic even further from the city center and use it as an opportunity to promote public transit. Sure nimbys would complain, cause that’s what they always do, but when they see how much easier it is travel to and within downtown, how much quieter it is there, and how great the now enlarged park is surrounded by stuff to actually see and do they’ll pretend like it’s always been that way or that they were always for it.
I think I can see your vision and yeah, it would be cool but where would we put commercial traffic? Can’t put it north of Colfax, everything down to 8th is fucked and 8th/6th is maxed out.
Maybe a tunnel or two?