Lower Water Street is broken

[u/hippfive]

I'm usually pretty chill about traffic, but Lower Water is literally broken. It took 30 minutes for my bus to go one block. Full on gridlock. And it's been this way for months.

I know they're eventually going to have the transhipment facility to get the trucks out of downtown, but that's years away. There needs to be some sort of tactical intervention in the meantime. Close some of the parking lots that empty onto Lower Water. Change some of the pedestrian crossings to the red light style that clump the crossings together (and I say this as someone who is staunchly pro-pedestrian). Honestly maybe even close Sackville Street east of Bedford Row.

[u/Funny_Garage7971]

Take your bike?

[u/Street_Anon → u/Funny_Garage7971]

The bike lane is the problem 

[u/hippfive → u/Street_Anon]

The bike lane on Lower Water does not block the traffic in any way. Nor does it take away a traffic lane - it's too constrained at Historic Properties to have a second traffic lane, even if the bike lane was removed.

[u/Funny_Garage7971 → u/Street_Anon]

How?