uReport

City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Can't Fix #169469

Street Lights:

Web Form: There is a high need for a crosswalk and a traffic light at the Liberty drive entrance/exit into the area located at 2088 S Liberty Drive. An adult high school, The Excel Center, is opening in this location. Turning left onto Liberty is very dangerous at this spot as cards are often going quite fast around a curved road. As the director of the school, I am requesting a traffic light and cross walk at this area. Thank you!

Assigned to
Neil Kopper

History

9/9/2019 15:46:54 Closed by Neil Kopper

constituent emailed with the following message: Hi Kelly,Thanks for taking the time to submit this uReport requesting a traffic signal and crosswalk on LIberty Drive near your school. I'm sorry to hear that you've been observing high speeds and having trouble turning out of this driveway, but I do not think that installing a traffic signal is feasible at this time. Traffic signal installations are required to meet certain warrants with strict criteria. We recently had an engineer visit the site to assess conditions. Because this is a private driveway, the City does not track traffic volumes or delay, but at this time there is no evidence that a traffic signal is warranted. Also, if the driveway did meet traffic signal warrants, it is unlikely that the City could prioritize funding for this driveway above other locations. If a traffic signal was installed at this location, then we would also include crosswalks. However, research has shown that installing a midblock crosswalk without other improvements has no positive effect on safety. I expect Liberty Drive gets pretty busy at certain times of the day, but it sounds like illegal speeding might be the primary concern. If that is the case, then I can forward this information to the police department and they may be able to do targeted enforcement to discourage speeding. Thanks again for your time and please feel free to follow up with questions or comments.

Sent notification to Neil Kopper, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=169469 Closed by Neil Kopper constituent emailed with the following message: Hi Kelly,Thanks for taking the time to submit this uReport requesting a traffic signal and crosswalk on LIberty Drive near your school. I'm sorry to hear that you've been observing high speeds and having trouble turning out of this driveway, but I do not think that installing a traffic signal is feasible at this time. Traffic signal installations are required to meet certain warrants with strict criteria. We recently had an engineer visit the site to assess conditions. Because this is a private driveway, the City does not track traffic volumes or delay, but at this time there is no evidence that a traffic signal is warranted. Also, if the driveway did meet traffic signal warrants, it is unlikely that the City could prioritize funding for this driveway above other locations. If a traffic signal was installed at this location, then we would also include crosswalks. However, research has shown that installing a midblock crosswalk without other improvements has no positive effect on safety. I expect Liberty Drive gets pretty busy at certain times of the day, but it sounds like illegal speeding might be the primary concern. If that is the case, then I can forward this information to the police department and they may be able to do targeted enforcement to discourage speeding. Thanks again for your time and please feel free to follow up with questions or comments.

7/18/2019 16:16:15 Anonymous assigned this case to Neil Kopper

Sent notification to Neil Kopper, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=169469 Chris Axsom assigned this case to Neil Kopper You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

7/18/2019 16:03:11 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=169469 Anonymous assigned this case to Chris Axsom You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

7/18/2019 16:03:11 Opened by Anonymous

2002-2198 S Liberty Dr, Bloomington, Indiana, 47403

CityBloomington
StateIN
Latitude39.146450042725
Longitude-86.577430725098

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