Planners at the state, regional and city levels are exploring options to improve the flow of traffic into and throughout downtown Birmingham.
From the future Corridor X completion to changing some downtown streets from one-way to two-way to updating the traffic light technology, commuters and downtown travelers should see some changes.
The traffic problems were the topic at today's Operation New Birmingham monthly meeting.
The Alabama Department of Transportation, the city of Birmingham and the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham are studying various ways of improving the roadways.
The changes range from adding interstate interchanges to replacing traffic signal systems and interstate lighting.
Most radical of the changes is the possibility of making one-way streets like Second, Third and Fourth avenues into two-way streets. The same is being considered for all of 17th and 18th streets and 13th and 14th streets north of the railroad tracks.