Monday Morning Read: One-way conversion snags, Iowa safer for pedestrians, man robbed responding to ad

TODAY'S WEATHER — Isolated showers early, then mostly sunny. High 72, low 47.

ONE-WAY CONVERSION SNAGS — Just as elected officials called to speed up the timeline for unscrambling the intermixed one-way and two-way streets confounding motorists in downtown Cedar Rapids, city staff say the schedule is behind by as much as a year from plans presented this spring. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/more-time-needed-to-convert-one-way-streets-in-downtown-cedar-rapids/

IOWA SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS — After spiking to a 20-year high in 2015, Iowa pedestrian deaths in 2016 fell to what likely is the lowest number on record, dating back more than half a century. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/removed-iowa-pedestrian-deaths-plummet-to-all-time-low-in-2016/

MAN ROBBED RESPONDING TO AD — Police are investigating an Iowa City man's report that he was beaten and robbed by two men Saturday night after he responded to an online ad. Officers were called to the 1100 block of Third Avenue in Iowa City at approximately 8:30 p.m. Saturday and encountered a man who said he had arranged through a website to meet a woman in the area. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/man-beaten-robbed-after-responding-to-online-ad-iowa-city-police-say/

UNCOMFORTABLE PRIME TIME — If there's a mandate for the Iowa men's basketball players this summer in the Prime Time League and individual and team workouts, it appears it's: get comfortable being uncomfortable. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/sports/iowa-players-using-prime-time-league-to-get-comfortable-being-uncomfortable/

QUOTABLE — 'For me, it means the opportunity to have a job. I got hurt on the job back in 2013 and have been told ... that I am un-hireable, so I thought, 'Why not go to business for myself?'' Kimberly Smith, one of the vendors at the new Northwest Indoor Craft & Farmers Market in Cedar Rapids.