Re: Speaking of Hwy 95

[Diane Prorak <prorak@uidaho.edu>]

But the Idaho Transportation Dept. (ITD) is adamantly opposed to any
assistance for pedestrians at 8th and Jackson.  As I've mentioned in a
previous email, the Moscow Bike Commission had a long talk with ITD reps
about this spot.  The ITD position is that pedestrians and bicyclists
should go up to 6th or down to Hwy 8 to cross (though the configuration in
that area will change when the new couplet is done -- but the crossing
will be just as bad or worse). Not a realistic expectation for peds and
bikes, but their view on this issue works well for trucks.

And at Styner and 95, ITD says 1) it's a bad place for a light -- at the
top of the hill (bad for trucks) and 2) we got a light at Sweet and that
was supposed to take care of stoplights in that area. 

Please contact City Council members about these issues if you are
concerned.

Diane Prorak 

On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, John Francis wrote:

> 
> Getting across the couplets in the 8th St. area of Moscow as a pedestrian
> is challenging  but exciting if you're  agile, but try it when accompanying
> someone who is slow or elderly.  You need nerves of steel and some luck, or
> must walk blocks out of your way to find a convoluted route of safe
> crossing points.    From a pedestrian's viewpoint, the 8th St. area around
> the couplet is an engineering atrocity.
> 
> 
> >
> >Anyone interested or concerned about having a signal at Hwy 95 and
> >Styner/Lauder?  Also, any interest in provisions (or lack of) in the south
> >couplet plan/project for crossing Hwy 95 at 8th Street with a crosswalk or
> >signal?  This interests me lots as a Moscow resident (pedestrian, bicyclist
> >and motorist) and I don't believe it is a priority for ITD.
> >Diana Livada
> >933 E 7th #1
> >Moscow, ID  83843
> >208-882-1795
> >dlivada@moscow.com
> >
> 
> John Francis
> 311 East 6th St., #2
> Moscow, ID 83843
> (208) 883-0105       fran7371@uidaho.edu
> 
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