Description
This intersection needs a stop sign because people plow through the intersection every day.
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Q. Address for location of speed study
A. S Puget Sound Ave
A. S Puget Sound Ave
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Tacoma, WA
Neighborhood Traffic Calming ▶ Acknowledged
S 9th St & S Puget Sound Ave Tacoma, Washington, 98405
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Issue ID:
16260795Submitted To:
City of Tacoma - Public Works - TransportationCategory:
Neighborhood Traffic CalmingViewed:
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5 Comments
Tacoma, WA (Verified Official)
Acknowledged PW_LMacClellan (Verified Official)
Thank you for writing in.
Can you clarify what you mean by "plow through the intersection"? Driving above the speed limit?
PW_LMacClellan (Verified Official)
Speed humps have been the City’s primary engineering tool to address residential speeding. The City will fund and install a speed hump on a residential street when the 85th percentile of vehicles are traveling 25 mph or more. This traffic condition is when speed humps are most effective.
The city of Tacoma follows the federally mandated Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). Per the MUTCD, Stop signs are not to used for speed control.
PW_LMacClellan (Verified Official)
Requests for neighborhood traffic calming are processed by the city's Neighborhood Programs engineer. Unfortunately, this position is currently unfilled, so requests for speed studies, traffic calming circles, and other neighborhood traffic calming devices are on hold for now.
As part of staffing and restarting the program, the Neighborhood Programs Engineer will take a data driven approach to update and prioritize future locations. Residential streets and priorities such as fatalities/serious injuries, proximity to schools/transit/public facilities, will likely be incorporated in that update.
I will keep this request open so that successful applicant will have access to these requests.
PW_LMacClellan (Verified Official)
I have sent this request for enforcement to the Community Policing Division of the Tacoma Police Department.
In the future, please report to 911 to report in progress crimes and incidents (e.g. racing, donuts, drifting). To request enforcement, please call the Tacoma non-emergency line at 253-287-4455. The Tacoma Police Department has been doing and will continue to conduct "Street Racing Emphasis" to address these specific crimes. Please call 911 so TPD knows where and when to allocate its resources.