
{"id":4901,"date":"2009-02-19T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T18:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=4901"},"modified":"2009-02-19T10:36:32","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T18:36:32","slug":"letter-coleman-right-on-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2009\/02\/19\/letter-coleman-right-on-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Coleman right on roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Coleman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s comments on the connector road policy are very much on target.\u00c2\u00a0 It is reassuring to see that the board of aldermen is beginning to recognize that the policy cannot achieve objectives that are intrinsically conflicting.\u00c2\u00a0 You\u00c2\u00a0cannot preserve or enhance \u00e2\u20ac\u0153connectivity\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of adjacent neighborhoods if you destroy their quiet residential character by opening them to a large volume of vehicular traffic.\u00c2\u00a0 It is unfortunate that the policy that has been in place for so long does not take into account the idiosyncrasies of each situation, and poses a threat to the quality of life in affected neighborhoods.\u00c2\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This has put the board in the position of appearing insensitive to the concerns of the people directly affected by their decisions.\u00c2\u00a0 Perhaps, with Coleman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s scholarly recognition of the complexities\u00c2\u00a0of the problem,\u00c2\u00a0the Board\u00c2\u00a0can revise its longstanding rigid policy and take the time to examine the unique conditions in each situation where the issue arises.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Frank Stallone<br \/>\nCarrboro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Coleman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s comments on the connector road policy are very much on target.\u00c2\u00a0 It is reassuring to see that the board of aldermen is beginning to recognize that the policy cannot achieve objectives that are intrinsically conflicting.\u00c2\u00a0 You\u00c2\u00a0cannot preserve or enhance \u00e2\u20ac\u0153connectivity\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of adjacent neighborhoods if you destroy their quiet residential character by opening them&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4902,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4901\/revisions\/4902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}