It will look good, but I'm still having a hard time figuring out how the university is going to functionally connect that part of campus to the main portion. It's so isolated and has still has such a specific mission (clinical and biomed-based research), that I don't see much integration with the rest of campus.
On another note, I can't believe that the university hasn't done something more to spiff up the intersection at k-zoo and harrison road. After dumping 100's of millions of dollars into the Breslin Center and 1855, the rusty old electrical posts for street light wires are still in operation. I'm surprised they didn't go to underground wires and green painted, cantilevered street light posts like the rest of main campus.
Thanks! I hope my comment didn't come off as too negative towards the improvements MSU has made to this buildings at this intersection - I think they look much better than what was there previously. I'm just surprised they didn't follow through to the traffic lights.
I'm assuming you mean the traffic lights? They did bury the utilities that ran along the west side of Harrison. I remember looking at all the telephone poles and wires during construction thinking about how ugly they were then one day they were gone.
I think it would be a good idea to replace the street and traffic lights along Harrison with more attractive and efficient lights from Mt. Hope to Michigan Ave. While the traffic lights serve to slow traffic in the neighborhood it would be nice if they were coordinated so if you catch the green you could drive all the way[at a slow speed] without stopping, like on some Lansing streets. There are times I have had to stop at every red light which is very inefficient and annoying!
Comments
Oh I definitely crawled through a few stopped trains in my day on Farm Ln. Young and stupid.
I skipped class a few times too when you'd get two trains stopping on the tracks at the same time. There was no telling when it would free up.
It will look good, but I'm still having a hard time figuring out how the university is going to functionally connect that part of campus to the main portion. It's so isolated and has still has such a specific mission (clinical and biomed-based research), that I don't see much integration with the rest of campus.
On another note, I can't believe that the university hasn't done something more to spiff up the intersection at k-zoo and harrison road. After dumping 100's of millions of dollars into the Breslin Center and 1855, the rusty old electrical posts for street light wires are still in operation. I'm surprised they didn't go to underground wires and green painted, cantilevered street light posts like the rest of main campus.
That is a great idea!
Thanks! I hope my comment didn't come off as too negative towards the improvements MSU has made to this buildings at this intersection - I think they look much better than what was there previously. I'm just surprised they didn't follow through to the traffic lights.
I'm assuming you mean the traffic lights? They did bury the utilities that ran along the west side of Harrison. I remember looking at all the telephone poles and wires during construction thinking about how ugly they were then one day they were gone.
Yes, street lights ~ traffic lights... I should have been more precise.
I think it would be a good idea to replace the street and traffic lights along Harrison with more attractive and efficient lights from Mt. Hope to Michigan Ave. While the traffic lights serve to slow traffic in the neighborhood it would be nice if they were coordinated so if you catch the green you could drive all the way[at a slow speed] without stopping, like on some Lansing streets. There are times I have had to stop at every red light which is very inefficient and annoying!
I'd be up for that. I avoid driving down Harrison specifically for that reason.