Kevin's positions to widen the Meadowcreek Parkway to 4 lanes and build 3 parking garages downtown are costly measures that will induce more traffic. In my opinion these measures would counter his efforts to improve the pedestrian environment. Take a look at the stark contrast in the volume of pedestrian traffic on Water St vs the Downtown Mall, it shows the chilling effect that garages and surface parking have on street life. Injuries to motorists and pedestrians has been linked to road width in residential areas.
Wider roads have a higher injury rate than narrow ones.
In 1998 a study was done in Longmont Colorado that analyzed the relative safety of street widths. The way it's been for years is, 'I'm all for building a road through your neighborhood to get where I want to go.