[Mpls] Lanes on Lake Street

[Russell Raczkowski]

Wizard Marks says. . . .

"Three lanes of vehicular traffic is not acceptable. We already have long 
waits in traffic with 4 lanes, it would only get worse."

Russell responds. . . .  

Things are not so simple.  There were proposals before the Lake Street 
PAC for three lanes that had support from several PAC members, and 
"process" has insured that those options are "not acceptable."

What Wizard misses here is that it depends on your vision for Lake Street as
to whether three lanes are "acceptable."  

It also has to do with time frame.  Are we willing to spend millions on a reconstruction 
project that will definitely cause  traffic problems in the shortest term for marginal 
traffic "improvement" in the short term supporting a technology (autos) that will 
become obsolete in the longer term (20 to 30 years)?

Russell Raczkowski
Bancroft