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The city plan for Island Crest Way is excellent. When completed, I predict that traffic through the "road diet" zone will continue to flow at normal speeds and traffic volume will not be reduced. Let's get on with it.
Jim Lindsey, South End Resident.
Trevor Hart, in his comment on this issue, asks "When will this end?"
Perhaps, Mr. Hart, we will need to sue the city. I'm certainly willing to work with other on doing so.
Despite Mr. Burt's suggestion that a vote against Ira Appleman was somehow a vote in favor of the road diet is utter nonsense. Mr. Appleman had several agenda items, and to say that the road diet was the only one that mattered is just ignorant.
It's easy: if the City Council has any interest in hearing what the people of our city think about this issue, they should just ask the question: put it to a public vote, and let the chips fall where they actually do, rather than where people think they might.
I don't understand why the City Council does NOT adhere to the principal of representative government. This road diet issue is a clear example of the Council dictating it's own agenda to socially engineer what it believes is "good" for the community in spite of what the Community wants or needs.
When is this going to stop!!!!!!!!!
I've corrected this misinformation from Ray Burt before. I ran on a number of issues, such as saving our single-occupant vehicle access to the I-90 bridge and open and honest government, and had six different yard signs. Grausz was ambiguous during the election about whether he supported the road diet or not. I have been a champion of issue-oriented elections, but no Island elections are ever issue-oriented. Obviously, I would favor an Island-wide advisory vote on whether we should have the road diet. EVERY time the City asked Islanders whether they wanted the road diet, the answer was NO, as is true in the current poll: http://www.mi-reporter.com/opinion/152590345.html.
I agree with Mr. Jensen: why was this not put to public vote? We just have to look at the results of this very unscientific poll from the Reporter to know that most Islanders, north or south end, oppose this "diet." All we can hope for is that the problems we foresee, do not materialize, and the "diet" indeed improves traffic flow. However, I sincerely doubt this and do believe we may see incidents of road rage, bike/car altercations, and risky driving behaviours elevated as a result. This is our only arterial, and it is idiotic to confine this road while our commuting population increases. Narrowing ICW is a ludicrous idea. Instead, fix the Merrimont intersection with a pad operated traffic light and leave ICW alone. If only .........
I am always amazed by some of the decisions that local governments come up with. Traffic congestion is a growing problem everywhere so reducing driving lanes is patently absurd.
Bicyclists flock to Mercer Island to 'enjoy a scenic ride' around the island, not through the middle of it. To avoid the backups caused by the 'road diet’ on Island Crest Way some drivers will opt to use East or West Mercer Way and, in my opinion, increase the potential for car/ bicycle accidents on those roads.
I don't know the politics involved here, or the power struggles, or the hidden agendas but common sense should tell you that this costly adventure, with the tax payers' good money, is a bunch of BS.
I am glad I live on the north end.
Commentor Ray Burt is completely in error in his inference that the will of the voters on Road Diet was somehow expressed in the fact that Dan Grausz was elected. That is completely wrong. The unfortunate defeat of Ira Apleman HAD LITTLE OR NOTHING TO DO with the opinion of voters then, or now, about the specific Road Diet issue. Elections are a complex mix of a variety of issues. Mr. Burt's assertion is just flat wrong. If you don't believe it, just put Road Diet to a real citizen's vote now, and see. It would be a drubbing worse than the recent school bond failure. In fact Mr Grausz and the other council members who supported the ill-advised Road Diet funding earlier this week have yet to see the real citizens wrath that is about to come, as Road Diet's inevitable adverse consequence.
The citizens did have a vote. As you may recall, Ira Appelman ran for city council on the primary platform of "no road diet." You may recall all his signs around the Island against the road diet during his campaign.
The citizens chose to re-elect Dan Grausz instead. You may not like or agree with the majority of voters....but it is what it is. And the city council listened.
Mayor Bassett and Deputy Mayor Grausz have finally managed to impose their "vision" of the Road Diet on Mercer Islanders, in spite of overwhelming opposition to this waste of 1.3 Million dollars of taxpayer money. At no time did this duo consider a public vote on a project of this magnitude - which would have been the democratic way.
Sadly, Mercer Islanders will now have reduced access to our main arterial in the years to come, thanks to the selfish and arrogant action by a few elected officials. It is a travesty of "public service"!