I was recently with a group of about 7 people attempting to make this exact walk over to Wilson’s, and we contemplating doing just this - the only reason we didn’t is because we had a 3 month old in our stroller.
It absolutely blew my mind how bad the pedestrian connectivity was in this area.
Being familiar with the site plan, civil, transportation review processes associated with a rezoning and development permit, how te fck did the transportation dept not figure out a solution with the developer during plan review and permitting? With a project of this magnitude, the city basically has a blank check for pedestrian improvements. Obviously, traffic engineers with car-centric glasses won the battle here. Without looking it up, not sure if this is city or DOT R/W, but if it’s the former, what a shame.
