I very much like the parking in the middle of the street as a form of incrementalism. While bus lanes are great in a lot of places the political battle to directly lower parking a lot is a loser so incremental changes that are positive help without being instant pedestrianization of a block
Eastbound on West Pratt into downtown, Pulaski Hwy near Aldi in Highlandtown
With the population having fallen so much street widths in most places are crazy. Even in front of 414 light having already had one lane removed it is still a drag strip. The corner of East Pratt coming on to light could likely lose one if not TWO lanes and have marginal changes in traffic flow.
I do have a tiny bit of heartache about this potentially preserving auto centric-ness but a few oddball parking spots slowing things down and possibly protecting bikes is good.
Oh I see what you mean. You could say that the new configuration of Maryland/Cathedral also falls under this category. Agreed that it keeps the street cluttered with cars, but maybe a necessary evil as you said. What I meant was a parking lane in between two car travel lanes going opposite ways (as shown in my photo from France).
I very much like the parking in the middle of the street as a form of incrementalism. While bus lanes are great in a lot of places the political battle to directly lower parking a lot is a loser so incremental changes that are positive help without being instant pedestrianization of a block
Where in Mount Vernon (or wherever you're living) would you want to see this implemented?
I think this was implemented in Remington or 28th street with narrowing with a lane mostly being converted into parking?
https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/ehq-production-us-california/b174f009f6e642b9d2748080a14296dd972e2a7e/original/1685118970/f7f91f91fd0d86885cbd2bf264eb3f2a_comparison.JPG?1685118970
https://streetsofbaltimore.com/28th-street-multimodal-connection-concepts-2
Eastbound on West Pratt into downtown, Pulaski Hwy near Aldi in Highlandtown
With the population having fallen so much street widths in most places are crazy. Even in front of 414 light having already had one lane removed it is still a drag strip. The corner of East Pratt coming on to light could likely lose one if not TWO lanes and have marginal changes in traffic flow.
I do have a tiny bit of heartache about this potentially preserving auto centric-ness but a few oddball parking spots slowing things down and possibly protecting bikes is good.
Oh I see what you mean. You could say that the new configuration of Maryland/Cathedral also falls under this category. Agreed that it keeps the street cluttered with cars, but maybe a necessary evil as you said. What I meant was a parking lane in between two car travel lanes going opposite ways (as shown in my photo from France).