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corner of Sea and Howard Ave

Reporter: Patricia Perno
Posted: almost 2 years ago
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This is a no thru truck area and the trucks are constant. No one ever stops at the blinking red light and fly through the intersection, some days as many as 300 cars and trucks. Some big rigs get stuck turning the tight turn and the noise is terrible.

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  • I agree that i don't want a traffic light since green / yellow lights will just cause people to speed through the intersection at high speeds.

    What would be really great would be a median or a bike lane down Howard Ave to narrow the street and force cars to slow down (and also discourage trucks to use the area).

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    Karen Nakamura (945 civic points)
    8 months ago
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    CT Livable Streets Campaign (90 civic points)
    11 months ago
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  • OK. I get it. All I'm saying is that traffic signals ain't all that great. They cost an absurd amount to install (properly) and tend to encourage speeding. The point that traffic calming advocates (myself included) like to make is that while signals reduce fender benders, they tend to increase serious accidents and fatalities by enabling higher speeds. As a pedestrian, I despise downtown New Haven's traffic signals.

    So be careful what you wish for.

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    Brian Tang
    about 1 year ago
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  • We have been at the last resort to have a traffic light installed for years now. Get with it!!!

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    about 1 year ago
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  • Has the city actually done a traffic volume study here, i.e. where cars drive over a counter, to determine that volume is, in fact, too low for a signal? The traffic circle installed awhile ago along the shore in Milford is quite nice. Angered residents initially because they found it confusing [not used to circles in CT] but works fine now.

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    christopher schaefer
    about 1 year ago
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  • As far as I can tell, people run stop signs when traffic volumes are too high for a stop sign to make sense. In the case of Howard Ave and Sea St, volumes are a bit high for stop signs, but much too low to necessitate a traffic signal (which should always be your last resort).

    The textbook answer in this situation is to put in a mini traffic circle.

    However, because it would be very difficult for the city to justify the expense of installing a mini traffic circle at this intersection, you may want to consider asking the city to get rid of the stop signs on Howard and replace them with an in-street crosswalk sign.

    The third option is to continue with the enforcement efforts.

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    Brian Tang (16760 civic points)
    about 1 year ago
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  • Week of 2/9/09-2/13/09

    Enforcement
    Infractions 217
    Misdemeanors 2
    Written warnings 16
    Total 235

    Violations
    Cell phone 41
    Red light 59
    Stop sign 28
    Speeding 68
    Seat belt 22

    Locations
    Elm-York 61
    Kimberly Ave. 41
    Dixwell-Bassett 20
    Whalley-W. Park 19
    Ella Grasso Boulevard 15
    Whitney-E. Rock 13
    State-James 12
    Chapel-Yale 9
    Frontage-York 9
    Howard-Sea 5
    Townsend-Tuttle 4

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    New Haven Police Traffic Unit
    over 1 year ago
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  • No! It is even worse, We have a no thru trucks going into Sea St., but not going from Howard to Sea St. This would alleviate part of the problem.

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    Patricia Perno
    over 1 year ago
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