The city is changing the timing on the walk light to give kids a chance to cross with no traffic. Before, they were crossing while the traffic off St. Mary's had a green light.

I would love for my daughter to walk next year at Daniels, but that light frightens me. Perhaps a crosswalk guard?

Agree. Busy intersection: lots of kids

There are lots of blind spots for drivers in this confusing intersection. Even if the crosswalk light is long, drivers cannot always see pedestrians until they're right in front of them. I have watched Daniels kids cross here and it looks dangerous.

Maybe adding School Zone signs would be appropriate here and along Glenwood to remind drivers to be extra cautious.

Completely agree, there should be more indicators to drivers that this is a school zone crossing area and during school start and dismissal times more adequate pedestrian crossing timing.

My son walks to his grandmothers home on Byrd street several times a month, and I am terrified of him crossing Glenwood. I have seen on several occasions children crossing and the light changing so quickly that the kids have not made it across the street before it changes. It really needs to be designated a school zone crossing.

We live in 5 Points and my son has ask to walk home from Daniels, but I'm not comfortable with him crossing 5 Points intersection at Glenwood and Fairview. Crossing guard might be a good fix. I'm a runner and I don't even like crossing that intersection, it's so dangerous. I would never consider letting him walk unless they have a crossing guard or police at Glenwood and Fairview. Daniels parent.

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On Wednesday, I walked across Glenwood at both crossing signals at this multi-street intersection. At the northern most signal to cross Glenwood at the Anderson Dr. and St. Mary's street multi-street intersection, the signal gives you only 16 seconds to cross Glenwood Ave. If you need to cross St. Mary's, there is another pedestrian signal that gives you 10 seconds to get across St. Mary's. You need to be on the look out when crossing here because when pedestrians have the signal to cross St. Mary's so does the traffic on Anderson Dr. heading east into the Glenwood Avenue intersection. Students crossing hear may not see or understand that a car could be turning right from Anderson to St. Mary's street. Once across St. Mary's there very little space for students to remain there while they look out for on coming cars from multiple directions. At this point,students are on there own to figure out how to proceed down Anderson Dr. or St Marys St. The south side of St. Mary's Street does not have pedestrian walk way. Students who need to get to homes on the south side of St. Mary's will not have an traffic signal to help them. Not only that, there is no pedestrian signal to help students cross to the south side of Anderson Dr. and the corner does not allow for easy access to the Anderson Dr. north side curb for students to walk down the north side of Anderson Dr. I don't know about you, but just writing all this out makes me worry more about how the students manage this complex intersection.

When I used the pedestrian crossing signal at the southern crosswalk at Glenwood and St. Mary's, I found more trouble. Before the students even get to this intersection, they need to cross St. Mary's St. without a pedestrian crossing signal. The scariest part about this intersection is that cars coming from St. Mary's, Anderson Dr. and Glenwood can all turn right here without yielding. These cars are not given any warning that a pedestrian may be crossing here and enter the turn blindly to pedestrian's crossing. Once the students cross St. Mary's the pedestrian crossing signal from St. Mary's to Glenwood Ave. gives you only 15 seconds to cross.

As Raleigh continues to grow, intersections like this will have more cars traveling through them. I would like to see them become pedestrian friendly. So that neighborhood residents who choose to get outside and walk or run can do so safely. Most importantly, making this multi-street intersection pedestrian friendly is the right thing to do for the safety and well being of our children.

Just a suggestion or comment and something the City of Raleigh could use here or anywhere else for that matter. I just moved here from Seattle and at major intersections where there is a crosswalk there are buckets of bright colored flags on each side attached to a telephone pole or whatever, pedestrians can use these to make themselves more seen as they cross the street or course doesn't guarantee that someone not paying attention might still not see them...
But I think in a situation like this a crossing guard would be best the roads and drivers are quite crazy and dangerous around here. So many people drive so fast and are quite impatient.

It is a very dangerous situation. I drive my child home and see some of her friends crossing Glenwood. The children barely make it across the busy intersection before the light turns. Also when you are turning right off of Lassiter onto Glenwood the cars are not yielding to the pedestrians, very troubling.

Yes, this is such a convoluted intersection! I am an adult and I can hardly figure out the best/safest way to cross Glenwood Ave. at this intersection, let alone a middle school child trying to navigate it safely. I have seen WAY TO MANY near misses that have literally made me nauseous! It is truly a terrible accident waiting to happen. This absolutely needs to rectified as soon as possible!

My daughter walks this route every day. I'd sure feel better if this intersection wa made safer

I need to make correction in my assessment of the pedestrian access that I posted on 10-09-15. There is a sidewalk on the South side of St. Mary's street. It was so covered with pine needles that I could not see it.

Thanks for addressing this. The intersection is very scary and confusing. I do worry a great deal about the kids crossing safely.

We who administer SeeClickFix asked the City's Transportation Operations staff to review these comments and to provide analysis and feedback. Staff's response is below. Please note that complicated issues such as transportation operations are not well suited for online discussions or for SeeClickFix. The City's Transportation Operations staff are always available to speak with citizens directly and discuss concerns. Contact information for staff is also below.

Pedestrian signal heads and the time allotted for a road crossing are all dictated by the Federal Highway Administration with input from the ADA. To get a pedestrian walk signal, the phase has to be actuated (button pressed). When the corresponding phase is served, the pedestrian signal head displays a walk indication (white lit person). This is usually 4-7 seconds however it can be adjusted. The countdown portion is based on the geometrics of the intersection. FHWA and ADA require a the countdown portion to accommodate a person that walks as slow as 3.5 feet per second. Earlier this year, City staff worked with the Principal of Daniels and NCDOT to add a leading pedestrian interval. This is a rarely used feature that holds all vehicular phases and lets the pedestrian start before the concurrent vehicular movement. This intersection is very complex as it has five legs and is offset. The City and NCDOT are using all available tools to ensure the crossing is safe including high visibility marked crosswalks. In addition, pedestrian accommodations were recently added to cross the northern leg of St. Mary’s Street. All the other legs that have sidewalk or do not violate a conflicting vehicular movement have pedestrian signal heads.

City staff will look at the walk time and if a few more seconds can be given. Aside from that, this intersection has everything we can use to make it pedestrian friendly. For further inquiry, please contact Jed Niffenegger at (919) 996-4039 or via email at jed.niffenegger@raleighnc.gov