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<div><b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Shared Streets - A Way to Calm Traffic in RP?</FONT></b></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Shared streets are designed to be streets full of life, </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> used by pedestrians, bicyclists, and low-speed motor vehicles; </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> becoming a public place for people </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> instead of a single-purpose conduit for cars. </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Vehicles may not impede pedestrians, who in turn </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> may not unreasonably hinder the progress of drivers. </FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> People and bikes are encouraged to use the street. </FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> On shared streets, vehicles are slowed by making their </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> path wind thru trees, planters, parked cars, benches etc.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The drivers goal becomes finding the way thru the path instead </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> of shooting down the straight-a-way to the next corner as fast </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> as possible.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Recently, Jim Coleman posted a pdf about shared streets (aka woonerfs)</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> to TownTalk. I found it interesting and did some further research and</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> wrote an article about it on the Riverdale Park Wiki. It has lots more info</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> and a diagram and pictures. You can read it here:</FONT></div>
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<div> <A HREF="http://rpwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Streets+For+Living"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> http://rpwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Streets+For+Living</FONT></A></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Please take a look at it, and add your edits and comments to it.</FONT></div>
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<div><b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Do you think shared streets would be good for RP? </FONT></b></div>
<div><b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> What streets in RP do you think might work well as a shared street?</FONT></b></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Speed humps may be right for some streets, but they are not the only solution.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> A look ahead...traffic calming</FONT></b></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Mary Donaldson and the traffic committee scored a great opportunity for us. </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> They invited a renowned professional traffic engineer firm to give the town a </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> brief presentation on traffic: opportunities, costs and successes. </FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The event is scheduled for Tues, Nov 6, 2007 at 7 pm, Town Hall. </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> More information will be posted when we get closer to the event. </FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> I hope that everyone will come out for that! The presentation will look at </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> several traditional traffic calming techniques (not shared streets).</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> -Rob</FONT></div>
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