The island at State and Boardman is being demolished as I write this.

Island on State

What happens when a city has too much money? They waste it by doing studies and dumb ideas come out of it. State is being converted to a two-way after fifty years of being one-way, and the island has to go.  Whether a two-way street is better – well,  we will find out, though the street is narrow, and one moron that can’t parallel park will cause a long traffic backup because there is now no other lane to use. I’m sure a further study will then lead to State having no parking and having bike lanes instead. Oops, shouldn’t get them ideas. Or at least I should charge them a lot for them.