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Sound School just started today and the parents, school busses, and city busses are already speeding down Sea Street. This is a residential neighborhood! Have tried talking to the principal who is not interested in resolving the problem - same thing every year.
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BB (Registered User)
Pothole Police (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Did the neighborhood fill out a Complete Streets project request form for this area?
This type of thing is fairly inexpensive, and extremely effective: http://www.usroads.com/journals/rmej/9801/rm980102.htm
BB (Registered User)
Its definitely an issue if the Principle of a New Haven Public School is dismissive of neigborhood concerns.
Christopher Schaefer 4 Congress.Com (Registered User)
anna (Registered User)
To Mark,
Maybe my understanding is incorrect, but I thought that for small, individual items a Complete Streets form is not required. We are going to use a Complete Streets application for a larger scale traffic calming plan, but not for individual concerns (however, the individual concerns will be part of the comprehensive plan).
In any case, it seems that removable speed tables will be ideal for the 2 very small streets that lead directly to and from the school. I'd like to see if the city can install these (2 on Sea Street between South Water and Howard; and 2 or 3 on South Water) within the next month. Not sure if the city can post a response here on this.....
anna (Registered User)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Those sound like great ideas to me, Anna.
Although individual intersections can certainly form the basis of a complete streets request, I definitely agree that it is best to wrap improvements into a larger scale plan when possible. It is also more likely to get traction. As they say, "Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized."
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anna (Registered User)
To "curious"...while I don't know who you are, you are clearly a neighbor. The traffic calming work for the neighborhood has sort of hit a road block due to lack of interest.
It is my intent that it WILL get done, but it will not work unless more people get involved/show an interest (we need a lot of neighborhood buy in and cohesive support for whatever measures we collectively decide on, in order for the city to seriously consider the investment).
As I said, I don't know who you are, so I don't know if you are on the neighborhood's email list, but if you are interested in getting involved at all and helping make this happen, please feel free to email me at almariotti@hotmail.com
Thanks
anna (Registered User)
clarification: when I say "lack of interest", I do not mean that people do not care about traffic calming, but that when it comes to getting involved and working toward coming to consensus as a neighborhood, the majority of people have not gotten involved.
There are many options for "traffic calming" whether it be speed tables, bump outs, bike lanes, traffic circles, textured pavement....solutions for small streets, like Sea St. will be different than effective solutions for large, wide avenues, such as Howard Ave. Anyway, I invite you to get involved.
Christopher Schaefer 4 Congress.Com (Registered User)
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