Description
Yesterday afternoon at around 5:15 there was a car accident that occurred at the crosswalk from 555 Long Wharf Drive to 600 Long Wharf Drive. Everyday when I cross the street virtually NO cars stop and allow me to cross the street. Now that it is dark earlier this is going to be extremely dangerous. A pedestrian SIGNAL (not the little sign that is ignored) is required here. There are several companies whose employees who are required to cross the street at all times of the day. This is a constant problem. When a car does happen to stop, the other cars either fly around them or have to slam on their breaks. This is what happened yesterday, and unfortunately, the car going full speed +, was not able to stop before hitting the car in front of him. Please do something to address this problem before someone (like my coworkers who were in the crosswalk yesterday when this accident occurred) is injured or worse, killed.
11 Comments
Mahfouz (Registered User)
Longtime NHresident (Guest)
Have your Company's higher ups push for this
, notify traffic and parking and put a formal request in.
Safe Streets New haven has multiple resources such as video taping this area and posting it as evidence of the situation.
You alone cannot address this issue- gather a petition of your co-workers and go to Mayor's night in which I believe is every first Tuesday of the month-
also speak directly with the Police District Manager and enlist his help in getting accident statistics for this area to help further your cause. Best of Luck !!
Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Registered User)
View Here: http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Engineering/completestreets.asp
KenCT (Registered User)
I'm not sure what the above posting means - A request for a traffic light at that intersection has been submitted? Someone needs to complete the form? If it's the latter, it looks like a long complicated and bureaucratic procedure - Drown them in paperwork. Perhaps the Wooster Square Watch group could take this on as a project, although it's out of their area somewhat. Or we could wait for a fatality.
I bike across that part of Long Wharf Drive quite often. Unless traffic is unusually light, I bike to the Water Street intersection to cross, not a realistic option for pedestrians. I've given up risking my life by trying to walk my bike across at that location.
Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Registered User)
Follow the link. There was a Complete Streets Project submitted to City Engineering that addresses the concerns posted. If you are unfamiliar with the Complete Streets Program, you can find out more about it here:
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/complete-streets
Here is an article from the New Haven Independent reporting when the manual for New Haven was created and submitted to the city: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/complete_streets_manual_debuts/
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