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We have noticed cars speeding down Saint John St. On a number of occasions, there have been close calls while walking our dog or pulling out of parking spots. The cars seem to be heading down to the far end of the street (the far end away from the intersection of Olive and Saint John), at speeds close to or in excess of 40mph.
Maybe we need a pedesterian sign or something. We need this fixed!!
10 Comments
Anonymous
My car was sideswiped parked in front of my home corner of St John St and Hughes place. Could have been drunk driving or just speed. This street needs speed limits posted. It seems to have become a speed zone for a throughway in place of Grand Ave.
Pedro Soto
People do the same thing on Lyon street to avoid the lights, though to a lesser extent than on St. John.
Considering that the city has no money, what would be low-cost ways to get this fixed if the city can't come through with a fix.
It needs to be something that the residents can all live with (rumble strips for example drive the people who live near them bonkers)
Maybe we could buy large planters and place them on the street to constrain one or two sections, and lower the speeds?
Bonnie Rosenberg (Guest)
With parking on both sides of the street the road space is very narrow. I'm surprised more cars or people aren't hurt! A sign is not that expensive - maybe "Slow Down- Children at Play" or better yet "Warning - Speed Trap".
I like the idea of planters for constraint but the road may be too narrow to allow passage of firetrucks from the corner station...
Ben (Guest)
I live on St. John, and have noticed this problem as well. St. John is used as a cut-through to Grand Ave., to avoid the light at Grand and Olive. Perhaps south Jefferson St. could be made into a cul-de-sac, or maybe made one-way going south.
Anonymous
Please fix this.
St. John Neighbor (Guest)
Speeding on St. John is quite a serious problem in morning and afternoon rush hour. It's really unsafe.
I'm guessing that on St. John -- which is a 25 mph zone -- drivers are clocking between 40 and 50 mph. Could we get an unmarked to just hang out on the street on a couple random days every month? If they don't get to write several thousand dollars in speeding tickets on one morning, I would be surprised.
Pat (Guest)
The speed limit is 25 mph for the entire city of New Haven however drivers going through Saint John's and Jefferson St. don't seem to pay much attention to this. With all the foot traffic (and dog traffic) in this area, this is certainly a safety concern.
Mark
Have you contacted your Alderperson lately about this issue?
The city's complete streets policy was adopted unanimously this fall, and there are forms within the new manual for requesting changes like these.
Contact the city's transportation department and/or newhavensafestreets (at) gmail.com (a local advocacy group) if you need assistance requesting these types of changes to your street.
Many of your neighbors agree this is a major problem and that changes should be made ASAP.
Mark
This is where you can download a form to request changes. (see previous post)
http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Engineering/completestreets.asp
KenCT
This issue was originally posted nearly two years ago. The Olive-Grand intersection now includes an extended pedestrian component. Thus the intersection often remains empty while traffic backs up in all four directions. As a result, even more impatient drivers heading east on Olive are using St. John as a shortcut to Grand Street south, often at an unsafe rate of speed. And as Pedro Soto noted below, they're doing the same thing on Lyon on the opposite side of Grand. It's only a matter of time before something or somebody is hit. I know we're broke, but how much could speed bumps possibly cost?