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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Can't Fix #169443

Street & Traffic Signs: Request

Email: We patrol Crestmont area often and find many kids out playing on the side walks and street. There is also a lot of speeding traffic through there. We are requesting signs be put up, especially around the area that the new park is being built. Signs saying to slow down, children at play. We would like signs in several places in Crestmont, as there are many kids everywhere, if possible.

Assigned to
Neil Kopper

History

8/15/2019 14:45:58 Closed by Neil Kopper

Gabriela, sorry for the delayed response to this. My short answer is that installing this type of sign generally has no impact on driver behavior (we seen it locally and it's recognized nationally). It's unfortunate, but if anything putting up more signs leads to sign clutter and people pay even less attention. Police enforcement can be effective but is resource intensive (as you know). Physical traffic calming (e.g. speed humps) is effective but has it's own downsides. The City's current process for traffic calming is pretty burdensome and requires petitions and votes initiated by the neighborhood but they're welcome to pursue that process. Thanks and feel free to follow up if you'd like to discuss further.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=169443 Closed by Neil Kopper Gabriela, sorry for the delayed response to this. My short answer is that installing this type of sign generally has no impact on driver behavior (we seen it locally and it's recognized nationally). It's unfortunate, but if anything putting up more signs leads to sign clutter and people pay even less attention. Police enforcement can be effective but is resource intensive (as you know). Physical traffic calming (e.g. speed humps) is effective but has it's own downsides. The City's current process for traffic calming is pretty burdensome and requires petitions and votes initiated by the neighborhood but they're welcome to pursue that process. Thanks and feel free to follow up if you'd like to discuss further.

8/6/2019 16:47:27 Gabriela Esquivel commented on this case.

Neil Kopper, I notice this case has been reassigned a few times. If there is something we need to do on our end please let us know.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=169443 Gabriela Esquivel commented on this case. Neil Kopper, I notice this case has been reassigned a few times. If there is something we need to do on our end please let us know.

7/18/2019 09:21:10 Elizabeth Carter assigned this case to Neil Kopper

Neil, Would this area be affected by the school zone/park zone changes?

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=169443 Elizabeth Carter assigned this case to Neil Kopper You can use the link to follow progress on this case. Neil, Would this area be affected by the school zone/park zone changes?

7/17/2019 05:31:09 Anonymous assigned this case to Elizabeth Carter

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=169443 Mike Stinson assigned this case to Elizabeth Carter You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

7/16/2019 15:19:37 Gabriela Esquivel assigned this case to Anonymous

We were directed to you in the past. We might have the wrong phone number, as we have tried to contact you several times. Thank you for all your help in advance.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=169443 Gabriela Esquivel assigned this case to Mike Stinson You can use the link to follow progress on this case. We were directed to you in the past. We might have the wrong phone number, as we have tried to contact you several times. Thank you for all your help in advance.

7/16/2019 15:19:37 Opened by Gabriela Esquivel

1101 N Illinois ST

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47404
Latitude39.175964355469
Longitude-86.551528930664
Neighborhood AssociationCrestmont Residential Community
TownshipBloomington

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