Boston Ave Redux

[sgrizzle]

The road is paved, the lights are in, and most of the striping is done. Yet, the paper states 2-way traffic will not be started until next month..

What is left?

[RecycleMichael]

Courage.

[NellieBly]

Downtown street lights need some serious resyncing.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by NellieBly

Downtown street lights need some serious resyncing.

Yeah, but I think they knew it was coming.

[we vs us]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by NellieBly

Downtown street lights need some serious resyncing.

Yeah, but I think they knew it was coming.

Moving each of those plywood "Don't you DARE park here AT ALL!" signs takes longer than you think.

[bokworker]

Yeah, especially with all of the cars parked next to them....

[TheTed]

quote:Originally posted by we vs us

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by NellieBly

Downtown street lights need some serious resyncing.

Yeah, but I think they knew it was coming.

Moving each of those plywood "Don't you DARE park here AT ALL!" signs takes longer than you think.

Those things make me cringe every time I look at them. Those and the golf cart cop with his feet up, unable to patrol a three-block area on foot, make us look like some podunk town.

[dayzella]

quote:Originally posted by TheTed

quote:Originally posted by we vs us

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by NellieBly

Downtown street lights need some serious resyncing.

Yeah, but I think they knew it was coming.

Moving each of those plywood "Don't you DARE park here AT ALL!" signs takes longer than you think.

Those things make me cringe every time I look at them. Those and the golf cart cop with his feet up, unable to patrol a three-block area on foot, make us look like some podunk town.

From a "not from here" perspective, I have to say that I like the pink signs.  I only wish they'd change the message every week.  "Don't even dream of parking here."  "Mark, stop parking here or I'll call your wife."  "If you're going to park here, you'd better be bringing donuts."

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[booWorld]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

The road is paved, the lights are in, and most of the striping is done. Yet, the paper states 2-way traffic will not be started until next month..

What is left?

The opposite of right...sinister and wrong.

[booWorld]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

The road is paved, the lights are in, and most of the striping is done. Yet, the paper states 2-way traffic will not be started until next month..

What is left?

According to DTU's In the Loop (page 5 of the pdf), completion is scheduled for February 2008.  What's left?  PSO's installation of power for the traffic signals.

[Vision 2025]

quote:Originally posted by booWorld

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

The road is paved, the lights are in, and most of the striping is done. Yet, the paper states 2-way traffic will not be started until next month..

What is left?

According to DTU's In the Loop (page 5 of the pdf), completion is scheduled for February 2008.  What's left?  PSO's installation of power for the traffic signals.

I looked at it yesterday and they still have to put down the center stripe and then when you rearrange a street you have to go through the Emergency vehicle notification process so that EMSA, Police, and Fire know how to route responses and put up temp signage to alert the masses that the signalization has changed.  All takes time.

[booWorld]

According to DTU's In the Loop (page 5 of the pdf), completion is scheduled for February 2008.

What's left?  According to the DTU link cited above, AEP-PSO's installation of power for the traffic signals.  The scheduled time for completion, according to the DTU website cited above, is within the next 31 days.

I walked on the east side of Boston between 3rd and 4th tonight.  The unit pavers are uneven and rough.  This looks like a shoddy sidewalk IMO -- instant junk.  


"When you only have two pennies left in the world, build a fountain in the middle of the intersection of Fifth and Main with one, and build a fountain in the middle of the intersection of Fifth and Main with the other." ~DTU proverb

[Vision 2025]

quote:Originally posted by booWorld

According to DTU's In the Loop (page 5 of the pdf), completion is scheduled for February 2008.

What's left?  According to the DTU link cited above, AEP-PSO's installation of power for the traffic signals.  The scheduled time for completion, according to the DTU website cited above, is within the next 31 days.

I walked on the east side of Boston between 3rd and 4th tonight.  The unit pavers are uneven and rough.  This looks like a shoddy sidewalk IMO -- instant junk.  


"When you only have two pennies left in the world, build a fountain in the middle of the intersection of Fifth and Main with one, and build a fountain in the middle of the intersection of Fifth and Main with the other." ~DTU proverb

I didn't walk it, not my project, but I will pass on the comment.

[booWorld]

I do a good amount of walking downtown.  In general, the unit pavers make for a worse surface for pedestrian ways than does concrete.  Last night I walked the 300 block of Boston Maul.  Concrete was used for the sidewalk on the west side of the street.  It's much better for walking than the rough unit pavers on the east side.  It's frustrating to me to watch relatively good and smooth concrete sidewalks be torn out and replaced by sloppy new work of inferior quality.


"When you only have two pennies left in the world, build a fountain in the middle of the intersection of Fifth and Main with one, and build a fountain in the middle of the intersection of Fifth and Main with the other." ~DTU proverb

[Renaissance]

Last night I tripped over a unit paver in my neighborhood in Uptown Dallas.  It was only sticking up about a centimeter, maybe less, but it was enough to catch my toe.  Those suckers are nice to look at but certainly not as pedestrian-friendly as good old concrete.  But they do seem to accomodate tree growth rather well--no cracking to worry about.