Absolutely agree! It is essential to put up a stop sign next to the school at Lincoln and Bradley intersection. I have personally almost been hit by several cars making an unnecessarily fast turn at this very corner.

This intersection should definitely have stop signs. I also find it very dangerous.

Call the alder

Thanks for posting this. I am the alder for this neighborhood and cross this intersection everyday. I actually worked with the neighborhood a couple of years ago and asked the city traffic authority for stop signs at Lincoln and Bradley - and at Lincoln and Pearl. The Lincoln and Pearl sign was approved, but these at L & Bradley were not. They did paint zebra stripes at all four crossings at lincoln and Bradley - and painted school markings on the road in two locations to alert people a school is nearby. These measures have helped some.

I have lived at 232 Bradley St since 2008 and have experienced this problem all the time. Yet, since the lockdown due to Covid-19 there has been lack of traffic enforcement, which has people acting in a rather careless manner. I personally see at least 5 cars a day speed up violently while making a turn at this very intersection from the front deck of 232 Bradley. This behavior escalates after sunset and, this is why the zebra lines don’t work because people refuse to pay attention to them at night. While the neighborhood residents are safely at home there still are pedestrians (students/Yale employees) who travel this rout on foot back home every evening. I beseech you to take this request seriously, for I’m afraid it might be too late after one day someone gets hurt by careless driver.

I very much appreciate your concern with this issue. I walk across this intersection often after dark myself.Concerns about traffic safety is how I first got involved with city issues - and it continues to be something I worry about every day, like you.

Unfortunately I don't think that even if the traffic authority had approved our request for stop signs, that would have made a difference with reckless drivers. I agree we need more enforcement. But because of the city's limited resources, we will never be able to have enough in person enforcement citywide to change behavior. I believe we need speed cameras and red light cameras to do this. Studies have shown that when you have those in some locations, they improve driving behavior in other locations.

If you are interested in getting involved in traffic safety advocacy more generally, please write me at abbyrothward7@gmail.com. I can connect you with a group of advocates who are working on traffic safety issues citywide. I am hopeful their efforts, which recently became much more organized, will lead to some positive, much needed change. Advocacy for automated traffic enforcement in my view is one of those changes.

Your welcome and best of luck. Hopefully it will not take a serious accident before the city does something.
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