A Secret Under Oak Street

[Ocklawaha]

bricks = pretty to look at
bricks = A BITCH TO DRIVE ON
bricks = harder on your tires and suspension and upkeep

concrete/ashphalt = not as pretty
concrete/ashphalt = Nicer to drive on
concrete/ashphalt = easyer to maintain then brick


I'll take concrete ashphalt to drive on
but I will take brick to look at where I will never ever ever ever drive

Which is exactly why I am a supporter of brick, cobblestone, pavers, impressed colored asphalt or concrete on the lanes with mixed auto and streetcar traffic. You hit the nail on the head when you said YOU would never drive on them, but what if that streetcar passes you on your left, because the guy in front of you at the light has stalled out? With these type streetcar lanes, you could just swing around the guy, following the streetcar, rattle - rattle - rattle - rattle, and back into your smooth lane.

We get:

1. A safer streetcar experience for everyone.

2. A passive separation of mixed traffic.

3. A chance to beautify our traffic lanes.

4. A quickly recognized hazard for bicyclists, who have read how to cross the tracks on our signs.

On a recent day in Bogota, I damn near tripped over the STREETCAR TRACKS! Can you believe that? They are all in asphalt and blend in with the roadway, we were talking and suddenly oops. BTW, the system was abandoned in the 1950's after a bunch of rioters torched the carbarns and cars!


OCKLAWAHA