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Pam Neuberg's avatar

I’m inspired to go see the weasels! Also to look at the proposed traffic options. The Sebastopol Times is a treasure. It’s important to support and subscribe.

I was hoping to find Nancy’s recipe for lemon sponge custard somewhere in the post. It looked delicious!

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Nancy C. Dougherty's avatar

Here you go! Joy of Cooking (1997) page 1025

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Susan E's avatar

I was here before the current configuration; basically you could not make a left turn anywhere in downtown. The problem is traffic volume, full stop (as they say).

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Denny's avatar

Thank you for your perspective.

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Tibby Elgato's avatar

Although Fehr and Peers declared a winner, the people clearly preferred the Concept 1 alternatives which had more of the green stickers than any other. What were the votes? There are many issues which the study has ignored such as the complex Y intersection between Petaluma and Main St. towards the south of town and the additional red light cycles to support left turns on what would become two-way streets. Think of making a left turn onto Main from Burnet St. with two way traffic. People who have lived here a long time do not recall the two-way street configuration fondly. The people should vote on this issue!

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Laura Hagar Rush's avatar

Fehr & Peers didn’t declare a winner. I was just going on their data on vehicle miles/hours saved. I shouldn’t have used the word winner, as it suggests a decision has been made. I have edited the language to make this clearer.

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Tibby Elgato's avatar

I didn't see those numbers in the presentation. Saving 500000 miles even over a decade seems like a lot, it will bear more scrutiny. Thanks for publishing the article and reliably covering this an many other issues.

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Laura Hagar Rush's avatar

They were in the slides in the presentation, but they didn’t get commented on and they were pretty small.

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Laura's avatar

Love the story and pictures of the weasels. I had no idea and will try to be more observant. Also, thanks for the story about the Howling. Great idea!

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Marty roberts's avatar

I like 3B - except how would bikes get through?

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briahn kellybrennan's avatar

So where's the lemon sponge custard recipe, Nancy? 😋

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Nancy C. Dougherty's avatar

page 1025, good ole Joy of Cooking (1997) 🍋

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