How often do you travel through the Lower Town area?
Weekly
Do your trips typically start or end in the Lower Town Area (in pre-pandemic times)?
Entire trip typically begins and ends in the Lower Town study area
How do you typically travel through the Lower Town area?
Other - my travel varies--bike, walk, car
If you have traveled through the Lower Town study area by car, what issues have you experienced?
Traffic congestion! Also, speeding traffic through residential areas.
If you have traveled through the Lower Town study area as a pedestrian, what issues have you experienced?
Traffic congestion and dangerous traffic, partly caused by lack of a good parking plan for the Northside School, with designated parking areas for parents dropping off and picking up children.
If you have traveled through the Lower Town study area by wheelchair, what issues have you experienced?
No response.
If you have traveled through the Lower Town study area as a bicyclist, what issues have you experienced?
See above: speeding traffic and dangerous, opportunistic parking by parents hastily dropping off children.
If you have traveled through the Lower Town study area by public transit, what issues have you experienced?
No response.
Which spots do you consider to have good conditions and which spots are problematic for you when traveling in the Lower Town area?
No response.
What ideas do you have to improve mobility in the Lower Town area?
The area now known as “Lower Town” is one of the oldest areas of Ann Arbor and is outstanding for its many beautiful 19th century buildings and homes, mature trees, and lovely green spaces, and peaceful residential streets. In terms of transportation and its social and environmental impacts, the following are important for protecting this residential neighborhood from the impact of traffic flows through the area:
1) A parking plan for parents to pick up and drop off Northside School students in a streamlined way should be developed as a priority. The present situation in which parents use residential streets for informal parking places to drop off their children is both dangerous and dysfunctional.
2)Traffic on residential streets should be “calmed” by speed bumps and by stop signs at intersections to protect residents, pedestrians, and cyclists from speeding traffic.
Members of the Northside neighborhood have previously attempted to draw the attention of City officials to these problems. To my knowledge, no action has been taken.
3)The City should develop and encourage alternatives to single car transportation into Ann Arbor as a way to alleviate growing traffic congestion. One approach would be park-and- ride plans provided by free car parks on the periphery with shuttles to the University campuses and central business area.
This is not simply a matter of "improving mobility": A traffic plan should, as the highest priority, protect the residential areas from the impacts of traffic.
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How often do you travel through the Lower Town area?
Do your trips typically start or end in the Lower Town Area (in pre-pandemic times)?
How do you typically travel through the Lower Town area?
If you have traveled through the Lower Town study area by car, what issues have you experienced?
Traffic congestion! Also, speeding traffic through residential areas.
If you have traveled through the Lower Town study area as a pedestrian, what issues have you experienced?
Traffic congestion and dangerous traffic, partly caused by lack of a good parking plan for the Northside School, with designated parking areas for parents dropping off and picking up children.
If you have traveled through the Lower Town study area by wheelchair, what issues have you experienced?
No response.If you have traveled through the Lower Town study area as a bicyclist, what issues have you experienced?
See above: speeding traffic and dangerous, opportunistic parking by parents hastily dropping off children.
If you have traveled through the Lower Town study area by public transit, what issues have you experienced?
No response.Which spots do you consider to have good conditions and which spots are problematic for you when traveling in the Lower Town area?
No response.What ideas do you have to improve mobility in the Lower Town area?
The area now known as “Lower Town” is one of the oldest areas of Ann Arbor and is outstanding for its many beautiful 19th century buildings and homes, mature trees, and lovely green spaces, and peaceful residential streets. In terms of transportation and its social and environmental impacts, the following are important for protecting this residential neighborhood from the impact of traffic flows through the area:
1) A parking plan for parents to pick up and drop off Northside School students in a streamlined way should be developed as a priority. The present situation in which parents use residential streets for informal parking places to drop off their children is both dangerous and dysfunctional.
2)Traffic on residential streets should be “calmed” by speed bumps and by stop signs at intersections to protect residents, pedestrians, and cyclists from speeding traffic.
Members of the Northside neighborhood have previously attempted to draw the attention of City officials to these problems. To my knowledge, no action has been taken.
3)The City should develop and encourage alternatives to single car transportation into Ann Arbor as a way to alleviate growing traffic congestion. One approach would be park-and- ride plans provided by free car parks on the periphery with shuttles to the University campuses and central business area.
This is not simply a matter of "improving mobility": A traffic plan should, as the highest priority, protect the residential areas from the impacts of traffic.