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Commission orders traffic study for 57th/58th courts after garage access concerns
Summary
After debate over potential one‑way conversion of 58th Court to widen sidewalks, commissioners authorized a technical traffic study (counts, models) to test 57th/58th alternatives and impacts on adjacent streets and the downtown parking garage.
Commissioners agreed to commission a technical traffic study to evaluate conversion alternatives for 57th and 58th Court, and to quantify impacts on access to the downtown parking garage and surrounding streets.
The design team explained that converting 58th to one‑way could provide additional sidewalk width but might constrain garage access. "When we have large activation events ... that intersection at Sunset and 58th Court is closed," the mayor said, arguing that preserving in‑and‑out access to the garage matters for operations. Staff proposed a scope that includes counts and simulations for both 57th and 58th so the commission can compare alternatives.
Commissioners discussed study scope and cost; staff said the traffic work and related analyses would be paid from previously set‑aside project funds and that consultants had already developed a scope that could be adjusted. Several commissioners favored including both intersections in the study rather than narrowing scope prematurely. The team will return with the study results and modeling outcomes to inform final geometry decisions.
