I agree this will be a lot easier to get to the freeway. It's a pain to turn left/right from J onto Alhambra to get to the freeway. I like that the city is looking into ways to cut down unnecessary traffic downtown/midtown and making the roads easier to navigate.

The city should look into doing what Stockton did with their pedestrian traffic on El Dorado Street. When someone crosses a street, poles at each side of the street and markers on the ground along the crosswalk flash yellow. It makes it very easy to see when someone is crossing and traffic actually stops when someone crosses.

Great article, PC. I'll introduce myself to you next time I'm at Tupelo.