City asks: One-way or two-way streets?

Want more two-way streets in downtown Chattanooga?

Love those one-ways?

Either way, the city’s transportation department wants to hear what the public thinks.

A public input meeting is set for Thursday so people can learn more about the usefulness and feasibility of turning more of Chattanooga’s downtown streets into two-ways.

The city’s study arises out of a 2014 report by Chattanooga Forward’s Downtown Task Force. Multiple recommendations came from that report, including increasing workforce housing; refocusing on the public realm; filling downtown office space; protecting and encouraging existing and new development; and enhancing transportation and parking options.

The task force encouraged two-way conversions to increase safety and improve connectivity downtown. The streets under study include:

› East Fifth, between Market Street and Georgia Avenue

› Sixth between Chestnut and Georgia

› Seventh between Pine and Georgia

› Eighth, between Chestnut and Houston

› Walnut, from Fifth to Georgia

› Lindsay and Houston, from Vine to Market

The kickoff public meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Development Resource Center, 1250 Market St., Room 1A.

The public is encouraged to attend. Learn more about the two-way conversion study and find a link for online comments at connect.chattanooga.gov/cdottwoway.