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Because there is no stop sign between the intersections of W Elm Street and Edgewood Ave on Alden Ave, cars and city buses consistently speed through this area, which has many young children and pedestrians. It would be helpful to put in a stop sign on Alden Ave at the corner of Woodbridge Ave or place speed humps along Alden.
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David Streever (Registered User)
stop signs at 3 ways are typically not an effective measure--I can drop a link in here to research (though I've put it on SCF before) if needed--
but something should happen here--
I'd have to defer to someone else on placement of speed humps. Maybe they'd be really effective right at the intersection? that is where the majority of car vs (bike/ped) accidents happen.
Greg Dildine (Guest)
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Brian Tang (Registered User)
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David Streever (Registered User)
nicely done
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CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Alden Avenue, as well as all other residential side streets throughout New Haven, should be posted at 15 or 20 miles per hour. Within residential sections of other Connecticut towns and cities, posted speeds of 15 or 20, and sometimes even 10, are common. Speeds of more than 15 or 20 are unacceptable in residential areas because they create noise and lead to numerous pedestrian injuries, and sometimes fatalities of young children. Are New Haven's children worth less than the children of other towns and cities in the state?
In the longer-term, I think that narrowing the street down by deploying changes to the physical condition and/or the visual perception of it, would be even more effective at creating a more "livable" street than traffic stops, stop signs, speed bumps or posting slower speed limits.
There are dozens of options for doing this, ranging from more costly to less costly:
-New curbs, bump outs, chicanes, physically narrow streets
-Raised crosswalks at intersections, like the one shown here
-Alternative Painting and striping techniques, additional speed limit indications
-Many types of so-called "temporary" (in reality, semi-permanent) traffic calming measures that the city has largely ignored up to this date, even though they cost almost nothing to install and are extremely effective.
Have you considered working with your local Aldermen & neighbors to submit a "Complete Streets Request Form"? They are available at http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Engineering/completestreets.asp.
New Haven's Complete Streets manual has been widely recognized as one of the best in the country, but requires ongoing public pressure -- I believe that getting these types of public requests on the official record, alongside similar requests from the many other neighborhoods within New Haven, will help provide an impetus for the city improve the safety of roadways over time. The requests will be documented in annual reports and implementation (or lack of) can be tracked each year.
If you need help completing the form itself you may want to contact your local alderperson, some of the folks at New Haven Safe Streets at newhavensafestreets at gmail.com or folks at Elm City Cycling, a bike/pedestrian advocacy group at elmcitycycling.org.
Good luck!
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Closed Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Registered User)