The Brief
- Phoenix officials held a virtual meeting to discuss the future of the controversial reverse lanes on 7th Street and 7th Avenue.
- Melrose District sits along 7th Avenue, and business owners there say traffic and crashes deter customers.
- While a 2021 study recommended keeping the lanes, a new study was approved in May 2025.
PHOENIX – The City of Phoenix held a virtual meeting on the night of May 7 to discuss how transportation should evolve as the city’s midtown area continues to grow, and the discussion also involved the future of the controversial reverse lanes on 7th Street and 7th Avenue.
The backstory:
According to a map provided by the City of Phoenix, there are reverse lanes on 7th Street and 7th Avenue.…