Richmond Outside recommends a diet for several roads
Roads that aren’t at capacity, could be changed to increase pedestrian and bike traffic.
Max Hepp-Buchanan, Richmond’s Director of Bike Walk RVA, talks with Richmond Outside about the Top 7 Richmond roads that need to go on a “diet”.
Roadway rechannelizations – or “road diets” – take streets that have an excess amount of carrying capacity for cars and reconfigures how the space is used through re-striping of the lane lines. When done right, a good road diet actually improves traffic flow while dramatically increasing the safety of everyone using the road, including people on bikes (by adding bike lanes), on foot (by improving pedestrian crossings), and behind the wheel (by reducing speeding and collisions).
What local roads do you think could use a little slimming?
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Dumbarton
This is a great idea. This can be implemented without a lot of money.
Brook Road.
Yes!
Meadow near Idlewood. Traffic zooms by pedestrians getting out of their cars and the rod eventually goes to one lane anyway heading towards Maymont.