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Originally Posted by zuluking
In which case, I'd suggest they have the cart before the horse. Frankly, however, neither 16th or downtown serves the purpose of moving east-west as simply as Memorial Drive. Until they start physically alterring Memorial to deter volume, they shouldn't be treating it like one of the examples you've provided.
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They can't physically alter Memorial to deter volume because it still needs to be used as a feeder for downtown. Exactly how Elbow is a feeder for downtown as well. If you've ever used it during peak times, you've likely noticed how Memorial is altered, with a reverse-flow traffic lane in the afternoon. But altered to increase the volume, not decrease. To say that a road can only be one thing - either a high-volume feeder or a recreational parkway - is very narrow-sighted.
The expansions to 16th were introduced to take some of the strain of Memorial, and they'll be effective once construction is done. It's faster for me, living in Sunnyside, to take 16th to Shaganappi rather than Memorial.