Originally Posted by
mwilbert
Obviously I agree with you in general, but I disagree on the specific case of the Livernois median. Livernois was too wide for a urban street, and that width was completely unneeded at its current traffic level. The median is a way to make the scale more appealing to pedestrians, and make crossing the street safer. Now I would be the first to admit that there aren't currently a lot of pedestrians, and I don't know if there ever will be, but I think the median makes it more likely. I don't really see how it makes it more suburban. My biggest concern is that the islands are something else to maintain, and so far they haven't been doing the best job. I suppose they may be cheaper to maintain than roadway.