“Stop the madness. I will never vote for another one of the current Council or mayoral positions who chose to kowtow to the cycle lobby, who now don’t even use the lanes because they, too, like the idea of living.”
Tag: Merrimon Avenue road diet
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Council approves more time for Reparations Commission
Commission will receive city resources until February to continue plans to address harms from systematic racism.
Merrimon Avenue specialty shops build unique communities along the road diet
Inside several specialty shops along the mile-and-a-half stretch from UNC Asheville to Beaver Lake, hawkers of shoes, homebrew equipment, crystals and haircuts continue to sell their wares and services, building community amid the slower traffic, and their opinions — like their specialties — vary widely.
Letter: A cyclist’s take on Asheville’s bike lanes
“The bike lanes are not only ‘not used’ but take up too much width. A narrower scale might’ve made more sense to accommodate everyone.”
Letter: Listen to downtown and South Slope business owners
“I would give more weight to people who have invested sweat, money and time into enterprises that, should they fail, would mean disaster to them, their families and their employees.”
Letter: Let’s not sleep on Merrimon Avenue issue
“The result has been beleaguered customers and woeful year-to-year store sales numbers now that motorists avoid the area if at all possible.”
Letter: North Asheville’s parking lot
“Congratulations! To the City of Asheville and all the others involved in deciding and implementing the changes that have turned Merrimon Avenue into a parking lot!”
Letter: Now I get the Merrimon Avenue plan
“Instead of wasting all that money to destroy Merrimon Avenue, why wasn’t it used to improve and fix the well-known antiquated water system that left so many people without water for extended periods over the holidays?”
Community groups discuss city advocacy
Asheville on Bikes has recently drawn attention for its successful advocacy at City Hall, but it’s just one of many community organizations that seek to pull the levers of political power in Asheville. Xpress spoke to several of these groups to learn more about how they pursue their agendas.
Letter: Write city leaders about Merrimon Avenue disaster
“Take what’s left of the money to stop this endeavor now and use the funds to repaint the lines on Merrimon to their former, workable configuration.”
Letter: Road diet improves noise levels
“My neighborhood noise from Merrimon Avenue is much reduced with the new street design.”
Merrimon ‘road diet’ to move forward after Council approval
The plan would reduce the section of the avenue between Midland Road and W.T. Weaver Boulevard from its current four-lane, two-way configuration to one lane in each direction, along with a center turn lane and bicycle lanes.