Comments on: About http://walkeastwood.org Sustainable living in "The Village Within The City" Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Cafe Kubal does it again » Chus On Chow http://walkeastwood.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3276 Cafe Kubal does it again » Chus On Chow Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:40:00 +0000 http://69.61.87.145/walkeastwood/?page_id=58#comment-3276 [...] in Articles by Lonnie Dec 19 2010 TrackBack Address. One of the sweetest things about living in Eastwood is living so close to Cafe Kubal, which occasionally means smelling the coffee roasting when we [...] [...] in Articles by Lonnie Dec 19 2010 TrackBack Address. One of the sweetest things about living in Eastwood is living so close to Cafe Kubal, which occasionally means smelling the coffee roasting when we [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://walkeastwood.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-2002 Andrew Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:00:33 +0000 http://69.61.87.145/walkeastwood/?page_id=58#comment-2002 Frank, The roundabouts are used in Europe to avoid gridlock. The traffic keeps flowing, rather than taking turns to move forward, and it also means that people don't have to fight to make cross-traffic turns. Urban planners that I often work with here (Dublin, Ireland) prefer them because they actually reduce accidents at intersections by making everyone slow down and yet they don't have to stop and wait for the light to change. Also, nobody has to make a left across traffic, and you don't have the problem of people running red lights. Andres Duany is kind of dogmatic and not a very good planner. He's an architect who has a lot of good ideas but he needs to work more with other specilizations in his urban plans. Frank,

The roundabouts are used in Europe to avoid gridlock. The traffic keeps flowing, rather than taking turns to move forward, and it also means that people don’t have to fight to make cross-traffic turns. Urban planners that I often work with here (Dublin, Ireland) prefer them because they actually reduce accidents at intersections by making everyone slow down and yet they don’t have to stop and wait for the light to change. Also, nobody has to make a left across traffic, and you don’t have the problem of people running red lights.

Andres Duany is kind of dogmatic and not a very good planner. He’s an architect who has a lot of good ideas but he needs to work more with other specilizations in his urban plans.

]]> By: Frank Coon http://walkeastwood.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Frank Coon Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:49:59 +0000 http://69.61.87.145/walkeastwood/?page_id=58#comment-814 The planner, Duany, was hired by the City of Sarasota, FL where I now live for the same purpose as described here. Guess what ?? He recommended a round-about at one of the busiest intersections in downtown Sarasota. Ringling Blvd & US 41. The intersection carries traffic off 3 barrier islands which are magnets for our tourists. 41 is the main north-south corridor for local commuter traffic and, in tourist season, for tourists as well. It is also the main road to the Sarasota-Bradenton Airport. A main thoroughfare leading to I-75 is just 1 block west of this intersection. I do not remember the traffic counts, but I do know that they are among the highest for intersections in the area. Further, while the average & median age here has declined significantly over the last 20 years, it is still at about 55 years old. So 1/2 the population is older than 55. I am 65 myself, so don't get on me about the age thing. Couple the traffic counts, the average age and that tourists typically have a difficult time navigating a strange city this idea becomes an accident looking for a place to happen. This guy must have a thing for round-abouts - I know they have been popular in Europe for years, so I can see where he gets it from. However, a lot of those cities with the constantly grid-locking round-abouts are now exploring other alternatives. Does that tell one anything ?? My earlier comments about traffic just flowing through, etc. bear some merit also. Frank The planner, Duany, was hired by the City of Sarasota, FL where I now live for the same purpose as described here.
Guess what ?? He recommended a round-about at one of the busiest intersections in downtown Sarasota. Ringling Blvd & US 41.
The intersection carries traffic off 3 barrier islands which are magnets for our tourists. 41 is the main north-south corridor for local commuter traffic and, in tourist season, for tourists as well. It is also the main road to the Sarasota-Bradenton Airport. A main thoroughfare leading to I-75 is just 1 block west of this intersection. I do not remember the traffic counts, but I do know that they are among the highest for intersections in the area.
Further, while the average & median age here has declined significantly over the last 20 years, it is still at about 55 years old. So 1/2 the population is older than 55. I am 65 myself, so don’t get on me about the age thing.
Couple the traffic counts, the average age and that tourists typically have a difficult time navigating a strange city this idea becomes an accident looking for a place to happen.
This guy must have a thing for round-abouts – I know they have been popular in Europe for years, so I can see where he gets it from. However, a lot of those cities with the constantly grid-locking round-abouts are now exploring other alternatives. Does that tell one anything ??
My earlier comments about traffic just flowing through, etc. bear some merit also.
Frank

]]> By: Lonnie http://walkeastwood.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Lonnie Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:50:31 +0000 http://69.61.87.145/walkeastwood/?page_id=58#comment-808 I believe it's been a number of things. I think the incarnation before ARC was a Charney's, and before that a P&C supermarket. You can see that in this picture: http://walkeastwood.org/history/phpslideshow.php?directory=.&currentPic=45 I believe it’s been a number of things. I think the incarnation before ARC was a Charney’s, and before that a P&C supermarket. You can see that in this picture:
http://walkeastwood.org/history/phpslideshow.php?directory=.&currentPic=45

]]> By: donna http://walkeastwood.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-807 donna Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:15:46 +0000 http://69.61.87.145/walkeastwood/?page_id=58#comment-807 what business stood on the corner where the Walgreens wants to be? was it not a grocery store in the past? what business stood on the corner where the Walgreens wants to be? was it not a grocery store in the past?

]]> By: kathy http://walkeastwood.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-781 kathy Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:11:37 +0000 http://69.61.87.145/walkeastwood/?page_id=58#comment-781 Well that was fun! At the "Urban Advantage" link on this page, click on the first site, then click on "Store." Check out p1, T002 and p4, T032 (this one is 4 clicks of improvements)- probably the closest to our business district. It's all about signage, awnings, diversity in building facades, trees, methods of calming traffic to create pedestrian walks and crossing areas, even a biker- as in bicycle. Hopefully, one day the trolley will run the length of our business district again- even if it's a motorized version. Sure would keep cars at home and get residents and visitors from the eastern to the western gateways with lots of stops in between. Well that was fun!
At the “Urban Advantage” link on this page, click on the first site, then click on “Store.”

Check out p1, T002 and p4, T032 (this one is 4 clicks of improvements)- probably the closest to our business district. It’s all about signage, awnings, diversity in building facades, trees, methods of calming traffic to create pedestrian walks and crossing areas, even a biker- as in bicycle.

Hopefully, one day the trolley will run the length of our business district again- even if it’s a motorized version. Sure would keep cars at home and get residents and visitors from the eastern to the
western gateways with lots of stops in between.

]]> By: Lonnie http://walkeastwood.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-596 Lonnie Wed, 21 May 2008 16:36:23 +0000 http://69.61.87.145/walkeastwood/?page_id=58#comment-596 I think there are lots of ideas in the heads of Eastwood residents. This would be a great topic to bring up in the email group. If you're not a part of that group, please join and pose your question there! You can join through the "Contact" page of this website: http://walkeastwood.org/index.php/contact/ The problem absolutely can be solved if enough people feel strongly about it, come up with creative solutions, and act on them. Looks like we could learn a few things from the folks at "Keep Houston Beautiful": http://walkeastwood.org/index.php/contact/ I think there are lots of ideas in the heads of Eastwood residents. This would be a great topic to bring up in the email group. If you’re not a part of that group, please join and pose your question there! You can join through the “Contact” page of this website: http://walkeastwood.org/index.php/contact/ The problem absolutely can be solved if enough people feel strongly about it, come up with creative solutions, and act on them. Looks like we could learn a few things from the folks at “Keep Houston Beautiful”: http://walkeastwood.org/index.php/contact/

]]> By: Matthew http://walkeastwood.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-594 Matthew Wed, 21 May 2008 15:07:04 +0000 http://69.61.87.145/walkeastwood/?page_id=58#comment-594 Hello Lonnie. Any idea how to solve the litter problem in Eastwood? Hello Lonnie. Any idea how to solve the litter problem in Eastwood?

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