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i drive the city bus and go through the mountainlair all the time. something needs to be done. either build a tunnel for the students to walk under the road or build one for the traffic and let them walk over. i have seen so many near misses and impatient drivers come close to gassing it and killing someone. i get paid by the hr so ill sit and wait for as long as it takes but i have people who rely on the bus to get to work and the wait isnt fair to them. ive been told that they may stop traffic going through all together. that would be sad to take the buses away from the students and make them walk to catch it. anything would be better than whats going on now.
I'm going back a long time here, but I believe at one time there was a traffic light on Grumbein's Island along with a pedestrian crosswalk. Things seemed to flow smoother then. Of course there were far fewer students in the 1960s.
I'm going back a long time here, but I believe at one time there was a traffic light on Grumbein's Island along with a pedestrian crosswalk. Things seemed to flow smoother then. Of course there were far fewer students in the 1960s.
There was a study done a few years ago and gave a few recommendations on how to fix that area. Can't find it at the moment though
Would be interesting if they leveled the whole area and built a big parking garage with store fronts on the bottom like they did just on the other side of the campus. Also the university as of a year or two ago, owns that tiny parking lot right next to Bents. I have to imagine the university has big plans for all that land there, especially since Evansdale construction is coming to an end here in the next year or so. I hope they start on the falling run road and univ avenue project very soon.
They still have the former nursing home that was a temporary dorm and the two apartment buildings next to the Brown Lot to develop. I haven't heard anything about plans for there since it seems the Alumni Assn. isn't putting a hotel on that spot. There is so much political interference with anything that happens in our state. My guess is big money folks squawked trying to avoid competition, and put money into the right pockets to get the brakes applied.
As far as Bent Willy's, they were the object of a law suit a couple years ago, so that could factor into their situation too. The U. seems to be buying everything they can get their hands on downtown though. I have to believe they plan a major development of some sort in addition to the new Business and Economics building. I think the Mountainlair parking garage is slated for removal too since the roof holding the courtyard is apparently not in the best shape.
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Would be interesting if they leveled the whole area and built a big parking garage with store fronts on the bottom like they did just on the other side of the campus. Also the university as of a year or two ago, owns that tiny parking lot right next to Bents. I have to imagine the university has big plans for all that land there, especially since Evansdale construction is coming to an end here in the next year or so. I hope they start on the falling run road and univ avenue project very soon.
I'm going back a long time here, but I believe at one time there was a traffic light on Grumbein's Island along with a pedestrian crosswalk. Things seemed to flow smoother then. Of course there were far fewer students in the 1960s.
Tunnel seems to be most logical option. No clearance issues. Seems to be a bigger thing outside of the USA. Not sure why American towns always want to built pedestrian bridges over things.
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Here is a study from Alpha Associates in 2011
