Overview
- The city launched public outreach with a virtual meeting Thursday, starting a four-phase study of the reversible lanes on Seventh Street and Seventh Avenue.
- Residents can submit comments online through May 29, with draft options returning for public review in the fall and final recommendations slated for City Council in December 2026.
- Engineers will analyze capacity, connectivity, lane use and crash hot spots from McDowell Road to Dunlap Avenue and will test changes or removal using updated traffic models.
- Speakers described speeding, loud crashes and near misses near the Melrose Curve on Seventh Avenue, and the city said a speed camera there is under review.
- The lanes date to 1979 and 1982, and a 2021 city study found removal could raise travel times by more than 40% on some stretches, after a 2025 petition with over 5,000 signatures prompted the council-ordered review.