All downtown streets should convert to 2 way streets. When people started moving to suburbia in the 70s the downtown streets were converted to one way to help get people out of downtown faster. The high speed traffic succeeded in making downtown an unfriendly place for pedestrians. Speed limits increased and first floor retail sales took a dive. The unused parking spaces were converted to travel lanes which made it worse for pedestrians.

People on this board wonder why they don’t see many people on downtown streets. It is because downtown OKC is a dangerous and inhospitable place for pedestrians. Return all downtown streets to two-way and bring back on-street angled parking and you will see retail return to downtown streets.

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