Thanks for your comments, Rebekah. I agree with them completely.

Let me add a few more points.

"City staff has a policy not to install mid block crosswalks or crosswalks at uncontrolled intersections because it can cause a pedestrian to have a false sense of security."

There is a mid block crosswalk a few hundred feet north near the intersection of Wake Forest Road and Sycamore. It is on a curve and is very dangerous because cars ignore it. Why was this crosswalk added if there aren't very many pedestrians crossing this road?

Further, there is a button activated crosswalk further south near the sign for the Mordecai neighborhood.

"To increase driver awareness, the city will install a high visibility pedestrian warning sign in this vicinity to warn motorist that there are pedestrians in the area."

Motorists will ignore the warning sign. This is a dangerous spot and it needs a button activated crosswalk. Try crossing at rush hour and you will see what I mean.

"Should conditions change such as a sidewalk installation on the west side of Wake Forest Road or a development that generates more pedestrian activities, we would be happy to take new counts and study this location again."

The city is well aware that there was a sidewalk on the west side of the road that was removed against the wishes of the neighborhood in the 1970's.

We'd like to invite city representatives to speak about this issue at a Mordecai CAC meeting in the next few months. CAC officers have discussed this topic, the responses to it on SeeClickFix, and the need to have a more public discussion about it. Many people from our neighborhoods feel strongly that we need a button activated pedestrian crossing in this location. Please contact the Mordecai CAC (919) 295-0135 or e-mail: chair@MordecaiCAC.org. Or, let us know who we need to contact with the city. Thanks.

This is within the scope of the Person / Blount study now being developed in the Planning Department. Eric Lamb in Planning has agreed to attend along with a traffic engineer from the Public Works Department. He has already been working closely with the CAC on this and other issues, however. His contact there has been Philip Bernard. Eric's contact information is eric.lamb@raleighnc.gov ((919) 516-2161).

The street is much, much better (thanks!), but there's still an area that causes vehicles to shake, rattle and roll when they drive over it. The area was patched, but it's still very uneven. I'm not sure of the address closest to the dip, but it's the last patch before you get to the five-point intersection at Poplar, Mordecai and Courtland. If you can have someone add one more layer of asphalt to that area, we'll be good until the street can be resurfaced. Thanks!

I will send this back to the Street Maintenance staff. When they have had a chance to respond I'll post here.

We have done a touch-up in the 1100 Block and through all blocks.