Agree! There are a lot of children on this block and there is no need for drivers to do the speeds that they do. There was a child hit on Willard Street a while back. The West End has speed bumps, so should Asylum Hill!!

Yes... your right !
One night a vehicle was speeding,
I was waiting for the sound of the crash,
And it did!
It hit the iron fence end of Townley and Atwood streets.
And last summer a woman stopped at the end of Townley & Willard streets stop sign.
And I could hear a speeding vehicle coming and again, I was waiting for the sound of the crash.
It was a hit and run!
The woman was all right, and waiting for the police to come.

We need to have speed bumps at the ends of Townley Street.
The West End has them!

Here's a larger screen shot

Speeding - Need Speed Tables/ Bumps on Townley St.

Picture two in one from Accident: August 31, 2011 Hit and Run.
Townley Street & Willard Streets

The West End Has Speed Table/Bumps.
Need Now on Both Ends of To Slow down the Traffic.
Gets very busy late afternoon , it's a 5 O'Clock shortcut coming from Woodland Street
To here.

Thanks Jeff

A lot of this extra traffic caused from: Lack of, off street parking spaces.
From Those Larger Apartment buildings on Willard St.,Townley Street's.
They having been parking on both sides of Townley & Willard Streets.
So one line to drive in! It's a big mess!
Hartford Police have been doing a Great job towing vehicle away!
But by the next day those people are back again parking on the wrong side of the streets!
Still lots of Children playing, riding there bikes.
People walking to there cars or crossing street, vehicle's speeding cannot stop in time.
There have been accidents, hit and run cars racing from closed end of Willard to Asylum, and the Five PM short cut from Collins to Atwood, over to Townley to Willard to Asylum, bumper to bumper maybe it should be oneway at high traffic times?
Fire department to Willard/ Townley St Apartment buildings.
Fire trucks only have one lane to turn in at times.
March 26, 2012 Posted

Status is still opened.
Pretty soon the kids will be out of school, and playing, running on the streets playing ball.
Something should be done soon.
If a driver was doing 30 or 50 mph, how long would it take the driver to stop?
We need Speed Tables-Bumps on Townley St., - Willard St., - Atwood St., Intersections.

Issue: # 166140 & #140061 Speeds bumps

Cars speeding from closed end of Willard St to light at Asylum Ave.
I hear them almost daily speeding from the closed end of Willard St to Townley st
Tust waiting for the sound of CRASH?.
And Willard St.& Townley St. Intersection that's where the last hit and run was.
People also use Woodland to Atwood St. to Townley to Willard St, Intersections as a short cut.
After getting out of work.
. ...So you say the road segment is not long enough to install speed bumps?

Issue Closed by Hartford's 311
JANE JACOBS

Roadway segment is to short to warrant speed bump. This case has been closed.
#166140 Need speed Bumps Archived

Go to the West End the Roads off of Asylum Ave before Whitney!!
They have speed bumps and a shorter then ours.

#140061 Speeding - Need Speed Tables/ Bumps on Townley St. Open
Ok so the next time the children are playing, People walking or crossing street,( Willard to Townley Streets ) Cars cannot stop in time and theres another hit run, accident.
They can go back to you!

Posted by Jeffery

There was another accident this week (12/10 two car collision, people driving to fast at the intersection of Willard and townley and cars parked on both sides of the street.

Nothing has been done as of yet.
If the city can't put in speed bumps at either end of Townley St.
Then how about putting a 3 way stop on Willard St.
And Townley and at Atwood St. and Townley St

I'll add my vote for the need for speed bumps througout Asylum Hill, especially on streets with problematic parking uissues. Bumps should be installed where needed, not just where the residents are savvy enough to lobby for them.

Three-way stop will not work anywhere, all it will do is cause people to slow down enough to roll through, creating an even more dangerous situation since an unwary pedestrian may drop their guard by assuming the signal might actually be obeyed. Way too many rolling stops through the area, even with the hospital nearby.

This request was reclassified and case # 55093 was created and sent to the Traffic division.

Hartford's 311 assigned this issue to Hartford's 311

Sigourney St. near Sigourney Park seems to induce high speeds because of wide lane before park area, I would add all the streets in the entire area of the Park, south, east and west to be monitored/patrolled. I am only in the area during work hours so I may be seeing different traffic than those living there. I am always worried with the amount of children and young people in the neighborhood that its a matter of when a terrible accident happens, not if.