Higgins Avenue Corridor Plan: Brooks to Broadway

Safe Crossings for All Ages and Abilities

Keep the four lanes. Going to echo having a designated bus lane. Keep a sidewalk but maybe have one under the bridge for bikes & people.

Double decker bridge?

Dedicated public art space

I would love to see more dedicated public art spaces like the one on the California street bridge. It would be great to have a space that was usable year round with shelter from the elements like the band shell at Bonner park. Lots of folks gravitate to Caras and I think that making it more pedestrian friendly would be helpful as it can be difficult to navigate for those with mobility issues, especially in wintertime. Lots of folks generate income busking, especially now, and providing more dedicated space to do so that are safe, sheltered and particularly has access to public restrooms/running water/possibly clean energy such as at the transfer center could potentially not only free up the pathways in other areas but make it a more reliable source of income for these folks.

If you want to take away parking, remove the taxes on vehicles and fuel.

And after that only use the money you get from taxing bicycles and then require bike license plates to build bike lanes. Perhaps most importantly, stop making it more difficult for people to spend money at small business. Because while it’s a nice idea that people have all the time in the world to take a bike ride or a walk down to a strip of town in order to do their shopping, the reality is that most of us are just gonna go to freaking target where we can actually park for free and carry our purchases directly to our car without having to walk over a bridge, through a neighborhood, around two corners, and over a foot bridge. And removing access downtown for vehicles, should be considered a violation of the American with disabilities act, because for a lot of people having to walk blocks on end in order to go into a shop is completely prohibitive to their use of those establishments.

Road and Sidewalk for All Users

A road and sidewalk design that considers all modes of travel improves safety, connectivity, and access to work, school, and recreation