Comments On: Keep Hillsborough Street funky by Bob Geary

Re: Keep Hillsborough Street funky

Bruce Rosar — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:47:20 -0400

Its possible to "have your cake and eat it too": a built up area can be designed so that the space can be shared in relative safety by everyone (by keeping motoring speeds quite low) while also decreasing journey times (by replacing arbitrary stopping with as-needed yielding). See Ashford's video on Shared Space http://www.ashford.gov.uk/transport_and_streets/road_improvements/shared_space_dvd.aspx or the "New Urban News" piece http://www.newurbannews.com/13.7/octnov08sharedspace.html
Posted by Bruce Rosar

Re: Keep Hillsborough Street funky

RDU WTF — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:41:41 -0400

The traffic should have been designed around bicycles as the primary transportation form and cars as a secondary priority - it would have been a far less expensive way to slow and calm traffic. NCSU not only needs to teach freshman how to cross a street and navigate a (small) city, it should encourage cycling to alleviate traffic and parking problems.
Posted by RDU WTF

Re: Keep Hillsborough Street funky

MrKen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:37:07 -0400

Regarding the last reader comment....

Should we not improve Hillsborough Street along the NCSU, St. Mary's and Meredith campus fringe...or for that matter, make any improvements in Downtown or improvements within the beltline and rather put all north Raleigh tax dollars in North Raleigh?????...
Posted by MrKen

Re: Keep Hillsborough Street funky

ct — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:23:22 -0400

Rather telling, don't you think, that every element of Raleigh's identity you cited is inside or along the Beltline? Sometimes I wonder if we'd all be better off splitting Raleigh into two municipalities... those who live south of a line from Crabtree to North Hills can have the downtown they dream of, while those who live north of the line don't have to worry about what Raleigh was or even wants to be.
Posted by ct

Re: Keep Hillsborough Street funky

TB — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:15:47 -0400

Your story on Hillsborugh Street brought back a lot of memories. Having grown up in Raleigh, I graduted from Broughton HS in the early 1960s and attend NCSU in the 1960s & 1970s.
Posted by TB

Re: Keep Hillsborough Street funky

MrKen — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:22:02 -0400

Site of the Hillsborough / Morgan Roundabout

Fallen Officer: Officer Denise Holden

Officer Holden was killed in an accident while responding to an officer needs assistance call at 0300 hours.
Posted by MrKen

Re: Keep Hillsborough Street funky

MrKen — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:22:24 -0400

Hello Bob, nice article.. as one who in the early 70's participated in many H'boro events as a School of Design grad and coincidentally Peter's father a great man Fred was one of my prof's..(ref.
Posted by MrKen

Re: Keep Hillsborough Street funky

Slayer Dug — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:28:10 -0400

Until the subject of crime on Hillsborough St. is addressed, none of this revitalization will matter.

The University Park homeowner's association should start by policing their own.
Posted by Slayer Dug

Re: Keep Hillsborough Street funky

bob geary, indy staff writer — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:49:17 -0400

Good question about bicycles. I talked to a number of cyclists at the most recent Critical Mass ride in Raleigh (it began at the Bell Tower and went east on Hillsborough Street, so below the immediate construction zone), and the consensus seemed to be that bikes do better on the side streets than on Hillsborough Street itself -- most of it, anyway.
Posted by Bob Geary, INDY Opinion Columnist

Re: Keep Hillsborough Street funky

AdrianHands — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:48:54 -0400

Not a single word about BICYCLES in the article? With the new raised median to limit safe passing, is the plan that cyclists be forced into the door-zone?
Posted by AdrianHands

Re: Keep Hillsborough Street funky

peter — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:42:52 -0400

Nice job, Bob. Sure was fun knocking around with you Derek and Tom that night, wallowing in the history of the old gal and the promise of what lies ahead.The work is making Hillsborough more like lower Manhattan than Raleigh.
Posted by peter