Comments on: Focusing on a single goal will not mean success for Project DeRenne http://sustainablesavannah.com/transportation/focusing-on-a-single-goal-will-not-mean-success-for-project-derenne/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:24:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: prodgers http://sustainablesavannah.com/transportation/focusing-on-a-single-goal-will-not-mean-success-for-project-derenne/comment-page-1/#comment-1383 prodgers Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:28:35 +0000 http://sustainablesavannah.com/?p=1113#comment-1383 You make a good point. It's funny how the "Project" means something different for everyone involved. (Not funny 'haha', funny peculiar). Ask a commuter, someone who lives in that neighborhood, an out of town expert, or a local public official, and all will state a different objective. Traffic calming vs. traffic volume increasing; neighborhood quality of life vs. higher allowable speed. When Dan Burden was in town, wasn't his angle that with a greenspace median, fewer traffic lights, and lower overall speed, there could be a compromise between higher traffic volume and neighborhood quality? Although the city brought him here, I wonder whether his message will carry over beyond his visit. His sensibility is probably counter-intuitive to the common wisdom of the average commuting hospital staffer, but it does seem like the only win-win on the table at the moment. You make a good point. It’s funny how the “Project” means something different for everyone involved. (Not funny ‘haha’, funny peculiar). Ask a commuter, someone who lives in that neighborhood, an out of town expert, or a local public official, and all will state a different objective. Traffic calming vs. traffic volume increasing; neighborhood quality of life vs. higher allowable speed.

When Dan Burden was in town, wasn’t his angle that with a greenspace median, fewer traffic lights, and lower overall speed, there could be a compromise between higher traffic volume and neighborhood quality? Although the city brought him here, I wonder whether his message will carry over beyond his visit. His sensibility is probably counter-intuitive to the common wisdom of the average commuting hospital staffer, but it does seem like the only win-win on the table at the moment.

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