Sexy, towering signs around downtown Durham beckon visitors. 'Be downtown,” says one, suspended on the side of a building on Parrish Street. 'Find your cool,” urges another sign in Five Points. But it's hard to find your cool -- or anything else -- if you can't get downtown.
Why? The Durham Loop, the one-way connector that surrounds downtown, seems to trouble even native Durhamites. City officials realize it's confusing, which is why they're now looking at changing the Loop to two-way traffic.
