Comments on: Light installed on Broadway at Balmoral

By: Justin A. Thaler

Justin A. Thaler — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:47:00 +0000

And there will never be a light or Flashing pedestrian crossing at Ridge and Wayne as there should be… Accidents weekly here and people get hit all the time.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:10:00 +0000

Now how long will it take for them to actually turn the light on? It wasn’t on as of 8pm last night.

By: Kiefer

Kiefer — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:48:00 +0000

Yep! It’s no surprise, acknowledging that feckless planning, that a corridor like Clark is doing far better, despite being several blocks further from the red line and express buses.

By: duppie

duppie — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:48:00 +0000

In the meantime, Osterman celebrated a drive-thru only Starbucks and the construction of a bank with 2 drive thru lanes and 24 parking spaces.

How is that going to improve the pedestrian friendliness of the neighborhood?

By: Jeremy Green

Jeremy Green — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:09:00 +0000

The problem facing business on this stretch of Broadway, is decades of suburban style urban planning that resulted in a massively too wide oversized road and strip malls that kill any sense of urban fabric. The narrowness and lack of strip malls is largely what made Andersonville (and similar stretches throughout the city) attractive back in the ’90s.

By: Killian Walsh

Killian Walsh — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:46:00 +0000

Well said “if just one person is saved from being hit”. One of the complaints from the west side of Broadway was that traffic would be heavier to get to LSD, which I never could understand, since going east would be harder hit, but many over here on the east side said they rather work with more traffic cut through then another person thrown across the street. Now we have to monitor the right hand turns, how about no turn on red? So the cutting through Balmoral to Sheridan will be prevented?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:52:00 +0000

Hollywood and Magnolia next, PLEASE!

By: Kiefer

Kiefer — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 15:53:00 +0000

Make no mistake: the businesses WILL thrive once this strip is more pedestrian friendly. Drivers aren’t shopping or eating here; they’re just speeding through.