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City considers converting select west‑campus one‑way streets to two‑way after Syracuse University request
Summary
Syracuse DPW presented a study, requested by Syracuse University, to return several one‑way streets near West Campus to two‑way traffic; university planners and the consultant said it can lower speeds and help emergency access, while councilors pressed for Vision Zero crash data and pedestrian-safety analysis.
Neil Burke, deputy commissioner for the Department of Public Works, told the Syracuse City Council that item 11 seeks revisions to the traffic code to allow two‑way traffic on a small set of currently one‑way streets in the west‑campus pocket near Syracuse University.
Jennifer BiBe, Associate Director for Planning at Syracuse University, said the change responds to I‑81 construction, local street closures and changes to the Dome shuttle route. She said the streets were originally built as two‑way, were converted to one‑way in 1979 to support shuttle routing, and have operated as…
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