Comments on: Downtown Matters: Retail Revolution http://www.downtowncolumbus.com/rightnow/2010/02/downtown-matters-retail-revolution/ News and events about Downtown Columbus! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:44:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Columbusite http://www.downtowncolumbus.com/rightnow/2010/02/downtown-matters-retail-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-4591 Columbusite Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:54:07 +0000 http://www.downtowncolumbus.com/rightnow/?p=1928#comment-4591 It's great to see that there's a Retail Recruiter for Downtown. High St has the highest concentration of intact blocks with retail spaces in a walkable environment. Still, improvements could be made to make it more attractive. Between Long & Gay you have an empty lane where turn lanes would normally be. A possibility could be a median like the ones seen on Gay St here to make it more welcoming for pedestrians. There's plenty more of the same underutilized middle lane on High south of State also along a handful of intact retail blocks. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Columbus&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=26.397049,77.519531&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Columbus,+Franklin,+Ohio&ll=39.964746,-82.999874&spn=0.003141,0.009463&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=39.96494,-83.001169&panoid=Iwlu1JhcwJQiHBmkxqasrA&cbp=12,180.9,,0,-4.69 Of course, the main concern here is that emergency vehicles need to be able to pass by. In which case if the median is not feasible due to that factor it could instead be used for something else like chalk art while still being available for such vehicles to use. Since parking is not allowed on High St it may be a good idea not to underestimate what some shared bike lanes could do from Nationwide south where it would connect to the shared lanes north of Nationwide to/into the Brewery District. Sharrows are inexpensive and additional signage could be added below or above the existing bus lane signs on High where bus-only lanes currently exist. Just some advice on the transportation component to revitalizing High St Downtown. It’s great to see that there’s a Retail Recruiter for Downtown. High St has the highest concentration of intact blocks with retail spaces in a walkable environment. Still, improvements could be made to make it more attractive. Between Long & Gay you have an empty lane where turn lanes would normally be. A possibility could be a median like the ones seen on Gay St here to make it more welcoming for pedestrians. There’s plenty more of the same underutilized middle lane on High south of State also along a handful of intact retail blocks.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Columbus&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=26.397049,77.519531&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Columbus,+Franklin,+Ohio&ll=39.964746,-82.999874&spn=0.003141,0.009463&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=39.96494,-83.001169&panoid=Iwlu1JhcwJQiHBmkxqasrA&cbp=12,180.9,,0,-4.69

Of course, the main concern here is that emergency vehicles need to be able to pass by. In which case if the median is not feasible due to that factor it could instead be used for something else like chalk art while still being available for such vehicles to use. Since parking is not allowed on High St it may be a good idea not to underestimate what some shared bike lanes could do from Nationwide south where it would connect to the shared lanes north of Nationwide to/into the Brewery District. Sharrows are inexpensive and additional signage could be added below or above the existing bus lane signs on High where bus-only lanes currently exist. Just some advice on the transportation component to revitalizing High St Downtown.

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