New Downtown Boulevard

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I just returned from a trip to LA to see my brother. While there are many things about LA we don't want to emulate, the Santa Monica Boulevard reconstruction is something we should definitetly look at for the new boulevard replacing I40. As shown in the following link, after reconstruction it has 2 traffic lanes in each direction along with a bicycle lane and parking. There is a fairly small lanscaped median and in addition to very wide sidewalks there are marked pedestrian walkways in areas besides at intersections.

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He lives two blocks from Santa Monica Boulevard and the type of residential development in this area would be perfect around the new park. Within 2 to 5 blocks walk from his condo are a regulary grocery store, a Whole Foods, and a multitude of local (non-chain) restaurants and shops. The architecture is SoCal but the idea is the same.