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Pedestrian crossing needed at Olive & Grand is Acknowledged 42 People want this fixed
Please add a Walk signal and striping. It is unsafe for pedestrians to cross at Olive and Grand.
Olive St & Grand Ave,New Haven,CT 06511
submitted by Linda
11 months ago
64 Comments
wrote on 10/03/2009 at 03:31PM
This issue was opened
Jeffrey Kerekes wrote on 10/03/2009 at 03:45PM
This is a dangerous intersection, particularly given the bridge construction (which is supposed to be done Nov/Dec this year). It has always been a dangerous place for pedestrians to cross.
Brian Tang wrote on 10/03/2009 at 07:12PM
Will the signal be replaced before the Grand Ave bridge reopens?
wrote on 10/04/2009 at 08:20AM
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wrote on 10/04/2009 at 08:22AM
A watcher was added to this issue.
Pei Ye wrote on 10/04/2009 at 12:34PM
Great idea!
wrote on 10/04/2009 at 04:26PM
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wrote on 10/04/2009 at 04:47PM
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Neighbor wrote on 10/04/2009 at 07:49PM
I want this fixed too!
wrote on 10/04/2009 at 08:06PM
yes please!!
Tristan Robin wrote on 10/04/2009 at 08:09PM
certainly needed!
wrote on 10/04/2009 at 08:12PM
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wrote on 10/04/2009 at 08:35PM
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wrote on 10/04/2009 at 09:19PM
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Stathis Kalyvas wrote on 10/04/2009 at 09:44PM
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YM wrote on 10/04/2009 at 09:55PM
Me too.
Brian Tang wrote on 10/04/2009 at 10:59PM
Hey Linda, do you think you could possibly adjust the position of the clicket on the map so that it is closer to the actual intersection? To do this, go to the email you got after reporting the issue, and click on the link below “Get your digital camera! You can change or add a picture to this clicket here:” Then click and drag the call out icon to the correct location. It's not really a huge deal, but for some reason it matters to me. Thanks!
wrote on 10/05/2009 at 12:33AM
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wrote on 10/05/2009 at 02:29AM
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wrote on 10/05/2009 at 06:05AM
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wrote on 10/05/2009 at 06:27AM
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wrote on 10/05/2009 at 06:28AM
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wrote on 10/05/2009 at 07:09AM
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wrote on 10/05/2009 at 08:19AM
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wrote on 10/05/2009 at 08:19AM
Fix please!!!
wrote on 10/05/2009 at 08:47AM
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wrote on 10/04/2009 at 07:32PM
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wrote on 10/05/2009 at 09:03AM
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wrote on 10/05/2009 at 10:09AM
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wrote on 10/05/2009 at 03:34PM
yes. we want this fixed and would also like to see the bus stop moved about 100-200 feet further east on grand ave. as it stand now the bus obstructs traffic and makes both driving and walking dangerous.
wrote on 10/07/2009 at 11:57AM
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Cheryl Szczarba and Bart Connors wrote on 10/07/2009 at 03:46PM
We would like this fixed, too! We walk through this intersection all the time and it is dangerous to cross without any type of walk signal. This is a very busy pedestrian and car traffic intersection as well as allowing cars to do right turns on red which make it even more difficult for pedestrians to cross safely.
wrote on 10/08/2009 at 03:28AM
Acknowledged by CTLS
wrote on 10/11/2009 at 09:24AM
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wrote on 10/11/2009 at 04:36PM
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wrote on 10/12/2009 at 09:52AM
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lk wrote on 10/14/2009 at 06:43PM
Not only would it be great to have a marked crosswalk for peds, but it should also help to slow traffic down in general, too. Add a speedbump!
wrote on 10/15/2009 at 11:07AM
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Michael wrote on 12/13/2009 at 08:56PM
There should be crosswalks on Olive Street where all the bridges are. This should be included along with pedestrian lighting. It's obvious the city isn't doing even the very basic things they can do to promote a pedestrian friendly city. 1. Crosswalks, 2. Pedestrian Street Lighting, 3. Repairing sidewalks, 4. Planting more trees It's a pretty easy problem to solve. Frankly, this issue should be lumped into the lighting issue, and just make it a general pedestrian issue for wooster sq.
Ben wrote on 12/14/2009 at 12:45PM
PJ wrote in to say, " VERY GOOD POINTS INDEED! P. J."
wrote on 12/16/2009 at 07:32AM
Michael is correct. The issue needs to be expanded and looked at more holistically. The bus stop on Grand is within about 30 ft of the intersection with Olive and this causes long lines, delays and a terribly safety hazard for pedestrians and vehicular traffic as well. Solution: The bus stop should be moved further east. The CT transit drivers and the First Student bus drivers are dangerous. 1. I have seen both of them regularly drive through pedestrian cross-walks when pedestrians were in the cross-walk. 2. The drivers are often on their cell phones. 3. The drivers do not provide right of way. 4. They are discourteous and do not provide right of way to pedestrians or vehicles. There is inadequate turning radius on the streets for some of the buses. 1. Chapel and Olive: buses headed east and turning north and buses on Chapel heading west turning north ( onto Olive) force traffic waiting at the red light to back up. 2. I was almost hit by a CT transit bus on Monday when I was waiting to cross East St on the SW corner of Chapel. Had I not jumped back, I would have been wiped out.
wrote on 12/16/2009 at 07:34AM
And clean the sidewalks, particularly under the overpasses. There is no reason we should have to walk through broken glass and debris. I find the situation very disrespectful of pedestrians.
C. Benoit wrote on 12/16/2009 at 08:18AM
Buses on Olive are about to end. They are there because the Grand Avenue bridge has been closed.
Erin Gustafson wrote on 12/16/2009 at 08:35AM
Thanks C. Benoit for the update. I believe the Grand Ave bridge is in fact opening this week. However, it's distressing to note that there is still no pedestrian walk signal across this intersection of Grand and Olive. As it stands now, I jaywalk every morning and evening when a break in car traffic appears. This morning I was joined by 7 other pedestrian commuters doing the same. When the bridge opens it will become impossible to continue jaywalking safely across this intersection. It appears that the beginning infrastructure for walk signals has been installed, but all it is right now is concrete and pipe, no wires, no poles, no signals. I am crossing my fingers there are also no injuries before they finally get up and running.
Pedro Soto wrote on 12/16/2009 at 01:54PM
The bridge is open, but they are nowhere near complete, so work commences. It looks like lights and crosswalks are on their way, but there is also the whole artisan street part of the bridge which is not yet open. Needless to say, it's still going to be hard to cross during rush hour until crosswalks are put into place!
Christopher Anderson wrote on 01/06/2010 at 05:07PM
I was really hoping that pedestrian crossings would be in place when they reopened the bridge. This is a fantastically dangerous intersection for pedestrians.
wrote on 01/06/2010 at 08:22PM
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wrote on 04/15/2010 at 12:05PM
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eb wrote on 04/15/2010 at 12:09PM
bridge has been open for a while now... still no functioning signals. Very dangerous intersection for peds because approaching from the south it looks like all the lights are red when in fact there is an extended green on the other side that can't be seen. It is disrespectful to pedestrians to open up this intersection in a way that is safe for cars only.
Ben wrote on 04/15/2010 at 12:33PM
Well said - I agree. The signals are just standing there in place, just finish the @#$% job already.
wrote on 04/15/2010 at 01:18PM
It's not just this intersection, everyone. The city is replacing their entire central city traffic light management computer, since the old one died. It's not just a matter of "turning on" this one intersection, it's a matter of finishing the whole system (something like 20 intersections) and then switching over to that system. As far as I know, it's on schedule and should be done this summer.
Tristan Robin wrote on 04/15/2010 at 01:39PM
Thanks for the information and update, Pedro. I have seen a lot of other intersections with new - but unconnected - traffic lights.
Ben wrote on 04/15/2010 at 02:15PM
Aha. So we're left with a situation where the traffic signals work just fine, but the pedestrian crossing signals won't work at all until this summer? And in the meantime, those of us stupid enough to walk through this intersection continue to play Frogger with our lives. Brilliant.
wrote on 04/15/2010 at 02:26PM
Not to be sarcastic, but this intersection has been like this forever. We're just back to what it was in 2006 before the bridge closed, but actually it's better since there is actually crosswalk paint. I walk across this intersection all the time (i live on Lyon). It's not THAT hard to cross. The problem here is that the bridge was a state DOT project and the traffic signal is a city project, and the 2 communicate about as well as 2 people speaking different languages. Consequently, when bridge was ready to be opened, it just opened. The state announced it and went ahead and did it. It made ZERO bearing that the city wasn't ready with the traffic signals, since, quite frankly, the state DOT really doesn't care about pedestrians, seeing us as some weird thing that get in the ways of cars.
Pedro Soto wrote on 08/26/2010 at 01:38PM
Since it was acknowledged by the city, I'm thinking they should be closing it, since we've had this intersection for a few months now...but I'll go ahead and close it since it looks like they're not as active on SCF as they once were.
Pedro Soto wrote on 08/26/2010 at 01:39PM
.....and I can't close it, since only the acknowledger can do so. Sorry!
Pedro Soto wrote on 08/26/2010 at 01:41PM
..PS, this should probably be another SCF issue, but the bus stop on Grand Ave (east bound), which I beleive was temporary due to construction is still there. It causes a huge problem because the bus isn't short enough to pull forward, and it stops AT the sign, causing all sorts of traffic problems.