closed #131169
Traffic Related Complaints
1324 E Southdowns DR
- Case Date:
- 4/2/2013
One way sign at the corner of Karen St. and Southdowns Ave. has been twisted to indicate that Karen is one-way rather than Southdowns Ave
One way sign at the corner of Karen St. and Southdowns Ave. has been twisted to indicate that Karen is one-way rather than Southdowns Ave
All Stop signs and speed limit signs on Henderson St., from Miller Dr. to 1st Street seem to be invisible because no one ever heeds them. I would think Police presence would help, but perhaps public works could do something to convince motorists that this is not a major, high speed artery. We have a school, a park, and many pedestrians. Yesterday (4/8/13) I saw a car, traveling 40-50 mph, narrowly miss a college student at the bus stop by Blacks Lumber. Also two children have been hit in the Templeton School zone this year. This is a problem.
On 10th St during the rush hours, drivers going straight will often swerve into the right turn lanes to go around drivers who are turning left and waiting for a break in the traffic. This is dangerous and I had an close call once when I was going to turn right onto Pete Ellis and a driver in the straight/left turn lane swerved into my lane to get around the car in front of them. This is also dangerous since a driver turning left doesn't expect oncoming vehicles in the right turn lane to go straight. I'd recommend a traffic officer be present during the rush hours one day to ticket people who do this so people realize that this is not acceptable. Thanks for listening!
Since the traffic light on 2nd (Bloomfield) and Oakdale Square has been changed it has been creating quite the backup for cars attempting to turn onto Bloomfield. It appears that the lights are now timed to 37, which means that cars driving on Bloomfield speed through the Oakdale square light going much faster than 40. Further, it is now common to see more than 7 cars waiting to turn left onto Bloomfield from Oakdale drive. This creates a backup for those turning left and turning right. The old timing pattern worked sufficiently in that it slowed down the traffic on Bloomfield which regularly goes faster than 40, and it was easier to get on the road from Oakdale. Please consider untying that light to the 37 intersection.
FYI -- a gentleman called to say that police vehicles are exiting onto Washington St. too fast w/ what seems to be little regard for the fact that there's a park as well as Kid City in that same location. He noted that cars often do NOT have their sirens on. He suggested that maybe some hedges should be installed along Washington as they are Lincoln, to help prevent kids from going onto the street, it seems to work as a deterrent. (This man lives and works in the area)
Mr. Boese requests that the west curb on Larkspur where it intersects with Allen be painted.
complaint states that there are not enough hc parking spaces at Bryan Park and that there are no access aisles or signs for the existing hc spaces.
Mark is requesting that the curb on the south side of their driveway be painted yellow approximately 15-30 feet back. It is very difficult for their drivers as well as customers to exit onto N. Walnut Street when cars are parked up to the drive. This may possibly eliminate 1 to 2 parking spaces.
Via MC Traffic Commission: Ms. Morris wants to know why Transit buses have to drive through this neighborhood when they don't make any stops there. Says this adds to traffic problems in the area and buses should use 45 to get to Curry Pike.
THere is a junk car that is parked halfway on the side walk and the car is being beaten up a little more everyday