Durham is moving forward with transforming the city’s traffic patterns by converting Roxboro and Mangum streets into two-way thoroughfares.
Residents have raised concerns for years about speeding and deadly traffic collisions in the north-south corridors, calling them the most dangerous streets in Durham.
“It’s just one of those areas where maybe the cost of maintenance and the cost of implementation can be high but the cost of a person’s life is much higher,” said Gregory Williams, an organizer with Bike Durham, at a Monday meeting. “Everything we can do to make sure that those corridors are safe for our pedestrians and families who are moving through them would be fantastic.”…