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He is making plenty of money.
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How do you typically use South Industrial Highway (Stadium to Eisenhower)? (check all that apply)
How would you like to use South Industrial Highway (Stadium to Eisenhower)? (check all that apply)
BIKE BOXES are being considered as part of this project.
What’s a bike box?
Why install bike boxes?
If you were to bicycle on South Industrial, what is the likelihood that you would use the bike box?
If you would like more information on this topic, or have outstanding questions about the purpose of bike boxes or their application on South Industrial Hwy, please provide the information below:
Email address or phone number: (optional, response visible only to city staff)
What are your questions about bike boxes:
GREEN COLORED PAVEMENT for bike lanes is planned as part of this project.
Colored pavement will be implemented along the length of the bike lanes between Stadium and Stimson to increase visibility of the lanes, in the conflict zone at the southern end of the project, and in the bicycle box at the intersection with Eisenhower Parkway.
Why use green pavement pigment?
• Promotes the multi-modal nature of a corridor (e.g., a street with dedicated space for people driving and people biking).
If you were to bicycle on South Industrial, what is the likelihood that the green colored pavement would make you feel more comfortable using the bicycle lanes?
If you would like more information on this topic, or have outstanding questions about the purpose of green colored pavement for bike lanes or the application of this tool on South Industrial Hwy, please provide the information below:
Email address or phone number: (optional, response visible only to city staff)
What are your questions about green colored pavement:
DESIGN CONCEPT
Vehicle Lane Narrowing
City Council has acted to make Ann Arbor a Vision Zero city with a target of zero traffic fatalities by 2025 . This goal is a guiding principal of the transportation plan update . Managing vehicle travel speed significantly decreases crash severity. Reductions in driving speed has exponential benefit to the humans involved in crashes.
Vehicle speeds are influenced by how fast a driver feels they can safely travel. Narrower travel lanes require greater caution to maintain the lane and avoid conflicts and may lead to lower vehicle speeds and improved safety.
An easy to implement tool for reducing travel speeds is to reduce the width of the driving lane. Vehicle lane narrowing will be implemented along the full length of this project corridor.
Vehicle Lane Reallocation
City Council has set policy directing staff to design Complete Streets and reduce the number of vehicle miles traveled by 50% . City staff enact these policies by designing streets that provide transportation options for everyone. Vehicle lane narrowing and vehicle lane reallocation achieves these goals by adjusting existing street width to provide space for all travel types on the corridor.
This project includes a limited section of vehicle lane removal just south of Stimson Street. This design creates continuous bike lanes along the corridor and extends the two-way left turn lane.
How comfortable are you navigating the corridor in the current conditions? (1= very uncomfortable, 5= very comfortable)
How comfortable would you be navigating the corridor with the proposed concept design? (1= very uncomfortable, 5= very comfortable)
If you would like more information about the design concept, or have questions about the purpose of lane narrowing and/or lane removal, or the application of this tool on South Industrial Hwy, please provide the information below:
Email address or phone number: (optional, response visible only to city staff)
What are your questions about the design concept?
If you have any additional feedback or comments about this project please contact Project Manager Theresa Bridges email at [email protected]
What is a disruptive statement?
A statement
containing personal attacks, profanity, commercial advertising or content which is entirely off-topic, and/or
from a user who has falsified their registration information with the intent to post multiple statements in one topic or to misrepresent their city of residence.
Why does Open Town Hall monitor for disruptive statements?
OpenGov is a non-partisan company dedicated to building public trust in government and broadening civic engagement. Many people will not participate if the forum has disruptive statements.
Does Open Town Hall find many disruptive statements?
No. Disruptive statements are quite rare - less than one in a thousand statements are disruptive.
What does Open Town Hall do if they find a disruptive statement?
Open Town Hall
moves the statement to a different web page,
describes the problem in an email to the author, and
invites the author to change the statement.
Does Open Town Hall ever edit or delete statements?
Never. Only the statement's author can edit or delete a statement.
If I disagree with someone, can I post my opinion?
Yes. Open Town Hall encourages open dialog which, by necessity, includes disagreements.
How do I know if my statement is a 'disagreement' or a 'personal attack'?
Personal attacks are disparaging remarks which impute motives to a person's action. Statements of fact, or of your own opinion are generally not personal attacks.
Here are some examples of statements which are, and are not, personal attacks.
Personal Attack
Not A Personal Attack
He lied.
He said he did X, but in fact he did Y.
She misrepresented the truth.
I don't trust her.
He is greedy.
He is making plenty of money.
It is merely a power play on her part.
She will announce her candidacy soon.
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How do you typically use South Industrial Highway (Stadium to Eisenhower)? (check all that apply)
How would you like to use South Industrial Highway (Stadium to Eisenhower)? (check all that apply)
If you were to bicycle on South Industrial, what is the likelihood that you would use the bike box?
What are your questions about bike boxes:
No response.If you were to bicycle on South Industrial, what is the likelihood that the green colored pavement would make you feel more comfortable using the bicycle lanes?
What are your questions about green colored pavement:
No response.How comfortable are you navigating the corridor in the current conditions? (1= very uncomfortable, 5= very comfortable)
How comfortable would you be navigating the corridor with the proposed concept design? (1= very uncomfortable, 5= very comfortable)
What are your questions about the design concept?